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Are Mosquitoes Animals or Insects? They are both. A mosquito is an insect, which is a part of the animal kingdom.
What class of animal is a mosquito?
What Kingdom is a mosquito?
Is a mosquito a fly?
Like all flies, mosquitoes belong to the Order Diptera, which means they have two (di-) wings (-ptera). And, like all flies, mosquitoes are insects. There are more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes. North America is home to about 130 of them.
Is the mosquito the deadliest animal?
Though only female mosquitoes feed on humans, the mosquito remains the deadliest animal in the world. Even today, the mosquito is responsible for over 1 million deaths each year.
Do mosquitoes only bite mammals?
Yes, mosquitoes bite animals; although different types of mosquitoes tend to prefer different animals, and these feeding patterns depend on many other factors.