https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=2050&p=30974#p30974
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rayera
Monday, 01 May 2006, 08:06 PM


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Where I live is surrounded by rivers and lagoons that makes a perfect place for mosquitos, (I hate them) when I was in hi school it was a surprise for me to know that only the female mosquitos suck blood, the male ones sucks from the vegetables (I don't know the english word, in spanish is savia  :oops: ) the curious fact is that in spanish we referes to the mosquitos that stinks as males, we say "los mosquitos": male; not "las mosquitos": female  :mmmh: 
anyway my spanish teacher told me that the correct way to call them is "los mosquitos hembra" (los= the in male form, mosquitos=mosquitos, hembra=female).
When I tell this to somebody it's allways a surprise
Why everybody asume that the bad mosquitos are males? :mmmh: 
 :prrr:  :prrr:  :snooty:  :snooty: