Mosquitoes do not urinate on humans when they bite; rather, they excrete excess liquid internally and process blood meals to manage their own fluid balance.
Evidence against · 3
Evidence for hormonal control of diuresis after a blood meal in the mosquito <i>Aedes aegypti</i>
1988 · cited by 51
Paper [0] discusses hormonal control of diuresis in mosquitoes after feeding, showing that urine excretion is an internal physiological process to manage fluid balance, not an act of urinating directly onto humans during a bite.
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The Control of the Diuresis Following A Blood Meal in Females of the Yellow Fever Mosquito <i>Aëdes Aegypti</i> (L.)
1977 · cited by 33
Paper [1] explains that post-feeding diuresis involves internal movement and excretion of fluid from Malpighian tubules, which is part of the mosquito's digestive regulation rather than targeting the human host.
BiteOscope: an open platform to study mosquito blood-feeding behavior
2020 · cited by 2
Paper [2] examines mosquito blood-feeding behavior using high-resolution imaging and machine learning, detailing engorgement and feeding dynamics without describing urination onto the human host.