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How many teeth does a mosquito have?

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Answer:  They do have teeth instead when you are bitten by a mosquito. Instead, they use a long tubular mouthpiece called a proboscis. 

The snout has a jagged edge that mosquitoes use to pierce the skin.

Mosquitoes do not eat solids, so they have no teeth. 

Mosquitoes feed on the host’s blood by piercing the skin with a tubular mouthpiece (called a proboscis) that is present in adult females of most mosquito species.

Mosquitoes suck blood because it contains the iron and protein needed to make eggs.