In Spanish, a suffix of ‘-ito’ is added to words to mean little and cute. So ‘Mosquito’ comes from ‘Mosca’ (a fly) that is ‘ito’(cute). We know that mosquitoes are little but they aren’t cute or fun. However, as they say it really helps to know more about the enemy to get an edge over them. Read on to find out more about mosquitoes so that you can handle the menace and know how to deal with them better.
Only female mosquitoes bite and that is because human blood has the protein required for the mosquito’s eggs to develop.
There are 3000 plus species of mosquitoes, but only about 100 species feed on human blood.
They prefer to bite people of blood group O as they find their blood tastier according to research.
Mosquitoes use carbon dioxide as their means of locating their food. So, if you are very active, built bigger, are fidgety or have a high metabolic rate, then chances are you emit more CO2. You could become the provider of a hearty meal for many mosquitoes!
Mosquitoes can drink up to 3 times their body weight in blood. The average body weight of a mosquito is about 2.5 milligrams. So, it takes more than 130 mosquitoes drawing in their maximum capacity of blood to make you lose even a 1 gram of your blood!
Female mosquitoes lay eggs every 3 weeks and can live up to a maximum of 2 months in ideal conditions. A male mosquito lives for less than a week after mating. Not a great thing to be a male in the mosquito world for sure!
Mosquitoes have been around even in the pre-Jurassic period. We are talking about 200 million years plus here. It adds up, because we have seen in the movie ‘Jurassic park’, how scientists bred dinosaurs from DNA stuck inside the fossilized prehistoric mosquito.
The saliva in their mouths causes the skin bumps that erupt after mosquito bites. The bumps are allergies to chemicals found in the saliva.
Mosquitoes don’t have teeth. The female mosquito bites with long, pointed teeth like part called proboscis. With one of the tubes in the proboscis they pierce the skin, locate a blood vessel, and draw blood. With the other tube it pumps in saliva which has a mild painkiller and an anticoagulant. A much-evolved feeding system indeed!
Body heat attracts mosquitoes and that is another manner by which they detect human presence.
Female mosquitoes can lay up to 300 eggs at a time. It is usually done on the surface of stagnant water.
Mosquitoes hibernate during colder periods up to even 6 months. They are cold blooded creatures and are more visible during warmer temperatures.
Mosquitoes fly at an estimated speed of 1 to 1.5 miles per hour. Some types of mosquitoes are found to migrate even 40 miles for a meal.
Dark clothing is seen to attract some species of mosquitoes more than lighter coloured clothing.
Malaria causing anopheles mosquitoes are attracted to smelly feet. Yeah, you heard it right! A good enough reason to wear clean socks and keep the feet odour free.
For the tiny and pesky pests they are, the diseases caused by them are very often fatal and in frightening volumes. Diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Filariasis, Zika, Japanese Encephalitis are entirely spread by Mosquitoes. With the proliferation in the mosquito population and diseases spread by them, innovative methods and products to save humans from these harmful insects have come up too. However, most products in the market now are unfortunately quite harmful for humans too, due to the excessive amount of chemicals used.
Muktha Ayurveda with our wide range of products is one organization that has had considerable success in bringing into the market Mosquito repellants made with naturally found materials not harmful to health. One of the very innovative and effective products brought into the market by Muktha Ayurveda is the Catche Must-quit-o Ayurvedic Mosquito Trapellent.
The Trapellent is a product developed after extensive research whose design and formulation is patented by Muktha and is India’s First non-toxic Mosquito Trapping device. It is capable of attracting and trapping the mosquitoes. The trapellent is made using a blend of herbs and is 100% free from insecticides.
Let us explore some of the key attributes of the product
- The distinctive characteristic of this device is that it masks humans from the blood sucking mosquitoes. They are not able to detect our smells or CO2 emissions after masking.
- The herbal extracts in the formulation are designed to attract the mosquitoes and trap them.
- The device also has the capability of being an air purifier by reducing the bacterial load in the atmosphere and purifying air
- True to the Ayurvedic tradition there are no insecticides or toxic chemicals like transfluthrin used in the liquid. Oral, Dermal and Inhalation tests have been conducted at reputed laboratories and no traces of toxic compounds either have been found in our formulation.
- The formulation is infused with essential oils like citronella and eucalyptus leaving the rooms fragrant. For the same reason it also doesn’t cause nasal congestion or wheezing when inhaled.
- After the device is switched on, within minutes it starts the masking function followed by the trapping of mosquitoes. Continuous usage for a few hours can bring down the mosquito population in a particular area significantly.
- According to reports from our entomology research centre the formulation has an efficacy of 93% on all 3 major classifications of mosquitoes namely Aedes aegypti that causes Dengue, Anopheles that causes Malaria and Culex that causes Chikungunya
- The refill will last for 35 days if used for 8 hours every day under tested conditions and the product efficiency remains same throughout. The device, if used with care, has a life of 2 years unlike products of competitors that come with no such assurance.
Muktha Ayurveda strongly believes in the power of Ayurveda and endeavours tirelessly to bring its benefits to the mainstream realms of cure, protection and therapy. Conscious and mindful of nature’s depleting resources, Muktha endorses the necessity to use them in an optimal way. A lot of focus goes into coming out with non-toxic innovative products affordable to all sections of the society. Muktha Laboratories is GMP and GLP Certified too.
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