I got bit twice the other day. One on each leg down right above the kneecap. One puffed up real big while the other one did little more than left a red mark and was gone in a day or so.
Trying to figure out what the reason was I did a little looking around. It seems Mrs. Mosquito lights on you and spits some salvia on you to deaden the spot, so you don’t swat her immediately, the she goes to work trying to jab into you. As she moves around she spits more salvia on your skin and the more she spits the more irritation there will be.
I know that’s all pretty interesting but when I ran onto this National Geographic piece, I was blown away by the microscopic view of a mosquito bite. Unbelievable.
Angora Chronicles 