Are mosquitoes blind?

[OscartheGrouch]

"Bernardo Rossi" <b.rossi at tin.it> wrote in message 
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> The female mosquitoes, which go around stinging people,
> they are attracted by carbon dioxide and various scents.
> Now the question is: are they blind or do they see?
> Or also: do they get attracted by the UV lamps with the high voltage
> grids, which fry normal flies?
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> Byebye from Verona, Italy
>
> Bernardo Rossi              b.rossi at tin.it

They have functional compound eyes. I get many at mercury vapor lights 
depending on where I am. 



 
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