Mosquito

Mosquito
	100
	3 (34 by explosion)
Attack Period	2
Attack Range	4
Walking Speed	8
Running Speed	12
Special Ability	Explodes after sucking enough blood.
Drops	50%, ()
Spawns from	, (0.1%)
	"mosquito"

Mosquito (Item)
	20 items
Perk	Can be "murdered" for (50%)
Dropped by	()
	"mosquito"

“Disgusting little bloodsucker.”

–Wilson

“So annoying!”

–Willow

“Reminds me of uncle!”

–Wolfgang

“It thieves others' life to maintain its own.”

–Wendy

“IT ENJOYS DRAINING THE LIFE FROM ORGANICS. DITTO”

–WX-78

“A thirsty female Haemagogus Devorator.”

–Wickerbottom

“That'll take a pint out of me!”

–Woodie

“Bloody bloodsucking bloodsuckers.”

–Maxwell

“Fascinating. Do they carry diseases like the ones I know?”

–Wagstaff

“Ugh! These things are useless!”

–Wigfrid

“Shoo!”

–Webber

“Filthy bloodsucker!”

–Walani

“We disagree on where my blood is best used.”

–Warly

“'Is buzzin' makes me nervous.”

–Woodlegs

“THY NAUGHT FEAST ON WILBA BLOOD!”

–Wilba

“Bzzt”

–Wormwood

“You don't deserve to fly.”

–Wheeler

“Once you've dealt with bedbugs, mosquitoes aren't so bad.”

–Winona

“Please do not bite me.”

–Wortox

“Wouldn't like my blood, florp!”

–Wurt

“Tiny vampires of the insect world.”

–Walter

“It's trying to drain the life right out of me!”

–Wanda

A Mosquito is a hostile Mob that spawns from Ponds, at Dusk and Night, in Marsh Biomes. Mosquitoes are fast-moving and aggressive.

Because they deal a relatively small amount of damage, farming them can be profitable for health from their Mosquito Sacks. They have a small red blood sac which grows with each successful attack. On the fourth successful attack, the Mosquito will explode and cause additional damage to its surroundings.

Mosquitoes will not spawn during Winter, as their Ponds will be frozen throughout the season.

Hunting

The most effective way to deal with Mosquitoes is to capture them with a Bug Net. When caught, the Mosquito will turn into an Item in the player's Inventory, which can be Murdered for a 50% chance of getting a Mosquito Sack. Due to their fast flying speed, Mosquitoes are difficult to hit with melee weapons. When hit, the Mosquito will be "stunlocked" and spin around for a moment before recovering. This makes them very easy to kill in a 1v1 fight.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill Mosquitoes when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Weapon
No. of hits for	24	8	6	4	3	2-4	2 or 3	2	1

Mosquitoes take one blast from the Ice Staff to be frozen and one Sleep Dart to be put to sleep.

Downloadable Content

In all DLCs, Mosquitoes inside the player's inventory will starve in 2 days unless fed. They can be fed with anything edible to the player, even Mandrakes, Deerclops Eyeballs, Rot, and such.

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Mosquitoes can be collected by harvesting Tumbleweeds.

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Mosquitoes are replaced by their Poisonous variant, spawning from puddles and Mangroves in Monsoon season.

In the Hamlet DLC, Mosquitoes spawn from Lily Pads in the Lily Ponds Biome during Dusk and Night.

Usage

×10

Only during Hallowed Nights event

Trivia

• Mosquitoes were added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• Mosquitoes originally spawned from the same Ponds as Frogs, but that has been changed so each spawns from separate, different colored Ponds (Mosquito Ponds are darker).
• Before the All's Well That Maxwell update, Mosquitoes did not drop anything.
• Real-life mosquitoes lay their eggs in stagnant water, which explains why Mosquitoes spawn from Ponds in game.

Animations

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  All stages of Mosquito

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  hit

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  fly

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  sleep

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  exploding

Gallery

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  A mosquito spawning pond.

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  A frozen mosquito.

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  Maxwell's Mosquito trap; an unimplemented item.

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  A sleeping Mosquito.

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  A Mosquito with a full sack.

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  Wilson next to a Frog Pond and a Mosquito Pond.

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  Original HD icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.