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Female Anopheles mosquito feeds on human blood. What is the food of male Anopheles mosquito?

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Unlike females, male Anopheles do not feed on blood. They use their proboscis to drink nectar from flowers.
As males do not bite, they cannot transmit diseases.

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Why female Anopheles mosquito feeds on human blood ?

Q. Which of the following is true?
A: Only female Anopheles mosquitoes spread malaria.
B: Male Anopheles mosquito feed on flower nectars.

Q. Assertion :Plasmodium causes disease in female
Anopheles mosquitoes Reason: Female Anopheles mosquitoes feed on
human blood

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true?

Statement I: Only female Anopheles mosquitoes spread malaria.
Statement II: The Plasmodium parasite has a single host.
Statement III: Anopheles mosquitoes feed on human blood because it is rich in nutrients.

The malarial parasite 'Plasmodium' is carried only by female Anopheles mosquito and not by the male mosquito because:

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