Mosquitoes are Drawn to Flowers as much as People — and now Scientists Know Why
![A tethered Aedes aegypti mosquito.Kiley Riffell Mosquitoes are Drawn to Flowers as much as People — and now Scientists Know Why](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2019-07-19-6.jpg)
Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get very far. They rely on this sense to find a host to bite and spots to lay eggs. And without that sense of smell, mosquitoes could not locate their dominant source of food: nectar from flowers. “Nectar is an important source of food for all […]