Ok, I've searched and I've asked around and it seems that no one can answer a seemingly easy question.

So you're sitting there and you feel the old annoying pesky little ****** bite you so you give her a good slap while she still has her proboscis stuck in your flesh. You kill her and squash her into now an unresembled grey smear on your arm/leg whatever. Well my question is, what happens to the proboscis embedded in your flesh when you slapped her? When you're bitten there are the mandibles in your flesh, the hypodermic that's injecting you with saliva and the proboscis is in you. That's lots of miniscule bits of mozzie in you! Are the mouth pieces ripped off and are now in your arm? Are the bits pulled out with the body? What goes on?

Not sure but I guess our skin is fairly tough and is used to dealing with these sorts of situations. Its a natural reaction to kill a mosquito and its quite satisfying too.

Some people suffer from skin rashes or other reactions to mosquito bites. Others don't.

Dazza65 said...
We get a heap of mozzies where we live on the GC but they never seem to bite me. My wife on the other hand gets eaten alive and was recently diagnosed with Ross River which is truly f***ed. Now on a mission to kill all the buggers!

I slept in my car at Ross River Dam once and got hammered which is unusual because I don't normally, anyway I didn't get the dreaded Ross R Fever thank god. From what I understand there is nothing she can do but ride it out?

But as far as the mouth parts left in your skin when squashed I'm not freaking out but it does make me wonder?????

slammin said...

Ok, I've searched and I've asked around and it seems that no one can answer a seemingly easy question.

So you're sitting there and you feel the old annoying pesky little ****** bite you so you give her a good slap while she still has her proboscis stuck in your flesh. You kill her and squash her into now an unresembled grey smear on your arm/leg whatever. Well my question is, what happens to the proboscis embedded in your flesh when you slapped her? When you're bitten there are the mandibles in your flesh, the hypodermic that's injecting you with saliva and the proboscis is in you. That's lots of miniscule bits of mozzie in you! Are the mouth pieces ripped off and are now in your arm? Are the bits pulled out with the body? What goes on?

The Epidermis grows outwards. Lower layers are pushed outwards and outer layers are shed. As this happens it "pulls" the proboscis out. That is if it was to actually be stuck. Most of the tension on the mandible that locks it into the skin is muscular. Once the mosquito is dead they lose tension and can fall out quite easily.

^^ That's what I love about seabreeze. There's always someone ready to share some helpful advice!

So there's 6 parts. 2 of them split on your skin surface, 2 teeth/semicircular needles go in and bore the hole through the skin, then 2 tubes go in the hole, one for sucking and one for excreting anticoagulant to keep the blood flowing. Nice.

Might be because I've had a few beers tonight.

But that ^^^^ reminds me of sex ed at skool

Scotty88 said...
Just don't live near Ross River ffs.
It's not that hard.

You dont need to be near Ross River
I caught it camping at Old Bar. Thought I was going to die, didnt know what I had.
Soon as the local Doc saw me all flucked up, he said "you have Ross River"
Apparently there was a lot of it going around in the area at the time.
Its not much fun.

cisco said...

slammin said...
What goes on?

The mossie is dead and you are alive. Poor mossie.

And with some people we wish it were the other way around.

slammin said...
Well my question is, what happens to the proboscis embedded in your flesh when you slapped her? When you're bitten there are the mandibles in your flesh, the hypodermic that's injecting you with saliva and the proboscis is in you.

I've still got one stuck in me from when I was a kid. It's what gives me my super powers.

I am a bit surprised you haven't been strung up on here for killing a mozzie.

What no one gonna say...its their world too,they have a right to bite us,we shouldn't be in their territory, its your own fault if you get bitten,they were here first....blah bla bla.....or is that rule only for sharks?