Can Mosquitoes Get Drunk.
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From: Lakeville, MN

One of my friends got a job at a liqour store here in Lakeville. Me not having a drink in a whole WEEK. I decided to stop by and get a party pack. Thats 1.75L of Ras Vodka and 1.75 L of Lemon Ade. I sit on my porch and the mosquitoes are out. After 1/2 of the bottle the mosquitoes that dare suck my blood would fall to the groud after leaving. Do they feel the affects too?
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Yes, I've heard they defintally can. Alcohol goes into your blood, correct? When the mosquito ingests your blood, being the small creature it is, your blood containing alcohol, dependoing on percentage, the mosquito can get "drunk".
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Hmm, if you were drinking, are you sure there were mosquitos?
Anyway, I remember reading how some scientist said that alcohol affects honey bees the same as it does for humans so I'm sure its the same for most bugs despite the differences in the brain. I'm just not sure if the alcohol wouldn't be too deluted to get the mosquito drunk but it would end up having some alcohol in its body. It would atleast increase the amount of calories in the blood by some. Maybe I should've been a premed major after all...
Anyway, I remember reading how some scientist said that alcohol affects honey bees the same as it does for humans so I'm sure its the same for most bugs despite the differences in the brain. I'm just not sure if the alcohol wouldn't be too deluted to get the mosquito drunk but it would end up having some alcohol in its body. It would atleast increase the amount of calories in the blood by some. Maybe I should've been a premed major after all...


