The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for February 08, 2023

Actually it is only the female mosquitoes that suck blood. Male mosquitoes are pollinators that eat flower nectar.

An awful easy meal. [Say it out loud].

O don’t be negative! B Positive…

Is there a reason Mommy seems to have eight legs?

Isn’t it only the females that bite?

The biting female Anopheles mosquito may carry malaria. Male mosquitoes do not bite so cannot transmit malaria or other diseases.

Male mosquitoes feed only on plant juices, such as nectar, to get the sugar they need for energy and survival.

https://www.nea.gov.sg/corporate-functions/resources/research/wolbachia-aedes-mosquito-suppression-strategy/male-mosquitoes-do-not-bite#:~:text=Male%20mosquitoes%20feed%20only%20on,the%20development%20of%20their%20eggs.

Bite Me!

We they met, love at first bite!

The kid doesn’t like vegetables and you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.

blood pudding.

When he starts dating, does she have to be his type?

It’s actually just female mozzies that drink blood, just before they’re about to lay eggs. Otherwise, they drink nectar from small flowers. So dad is a gentle vegan.

Eat your breakfast there are mosquitoes starving in China.

She’ll lose a set when he flies the coop…

The clot thickens.

Maybe instead of a bowl, a platelet him relax a bit and enjoy it.

“I sprinkled them with those merozoites that you like!”

Almost identical to an old Far Side cartoon. And it was Gary himself who noted that it’s only females who bite and spread disease…

When can we have Dengue fever blood again? Or how about yellow fever?

Larva, God bless ’em.

But mom, it’s curdled.

Not really all that important since this is a cartoon — reality not allowed — but the males don’t drink blood; only the females

Pretty sure it’s the female mosquitos spread Malaria.

Junior would rather have Frosted Sugar Bombs instead of infected blood? Kids just don’t know how to eat healthy these days.

Kid just doesn’t like type A.

getting the kid to eat right is like squeezing blood from a stone…

It’s the female mosquito that bites.

Only the females bite.

I’m pretty sure only female mosquitoes drink blood and spread disease.