Mosquito macho, male mosquito (Culicidae)

Culicidae is a family of insects commonly called muriçocas, mosquitoes or mosquitoes. Females in many regions are commonly referred to as melgas. Like the other members of the order Diptera, mosquitoes have a pair of wings and a pair of dumbbells. In general, they present marked sexual dimorphism: females have hairy antennae and are much more corpulent than males, which have feathery antennae. Females in most species of mosquitoes suck blood (haematophagous) from other animals, which has given them the reputation of being the deadliest vector of disease known to man, killing millions of people over thousands of years and continuing to kill millions. per year with the spread of disease. The length varies, but rarely exceeds 16 millimeters, and weight up to 2.5 mg. A mosquito can fly for 1-4 hours continuously up to 1-2 km/h traveling up to 10 km in one night. Most species feed in the period with less light, from dusk to dawn.