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A research team of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have found a 130-million-year-old mosquito trapped in a Lebanese amber. For those in the know, the female mosquitoes are the leeching insects. However, this discovery indicates that the male mosquitoes were also once the leeching insects during the early stages in the evolution of the Culicidae family.

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<p>Researchers led by Dany Azar from&nbsp;the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology&nbsp;of the Chinese Academy of Sciences&nbsp;(NIGPAS)&nbsp;and the Lebanese University&nbsp;have&nbsp;found the earliest known fossil mosquitoes ever discovered&mdash;in Lower Cretaceous amber from Lebanon. The well-preserved insects are two males of the same species with piercing mouthparts, suggesting they likely sucked blood.</p>

Oldest mosquito fossil comes with a bloodsucking surprise | 2023-12-06 12:00:00

Every single mosquito that’s ever bitten you has been female. For them, a meal of blood is the ultimate girl dinner. Only females have mouth part