In echo of Jurassic Park, mosquitoes capture entire ecosystems in their blood meals
Within a small area in central Florida, mosquitoes fed on a whopping 86 different species of animals.
University of Florida @ifas.ufl.edu entomologist, Lawrence Reeves shows that analyzing mosquito blood meals can reveal animals from tiny frogs to large mammals, offering an efficient alternative to traditional, labor‑intensive survey methods. news.ufl.edu/2025/12/mosq...
