Comment on It's probably for the best that mosquitoes havent evolved so they're bites aren't itchy
ccunning@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I was thinking it would be to their benefit to evolve to not make us itch. If they could just steal my blood without being an irritant it would make me less aggressive towards them…
…but since they’re infamously disease vectors it would actually be to my (and humanities) detriment long term.
So, sadly, I guess I’m happy they haven’t…
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 days ago
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Mosquito bites itch after they bite, not while they bite. The itch is your body responding to the saliva it injected.
ccunning@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s not news to me.
I still am motivated to kill them before or after they bite because they are a known irritant. If they just took a tiny bit of my blood without the irritation I wouldn’t be so motivated to kill them