Yes, bed bugs, lice, mosquitoes and leeches that suck our blood are considered parasites. A parasite is an organism that lives on or inside another organism (the host) and derives its nutrition from the host, often causing harm to the host in the process. These organisms derive their nutrition from their host (human) by sucking their blood.
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The mosquito feeds on human blood for reproduction and not for its survival, therefore, it is not considered as a parasite.
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Yes, bed bugs, lice, mosquitoes and leeches that suck our blood are considered parasites. A parasite is an organism that lives on or inside another organism (the host) and derives its nutrition from the host, often causing harm to the host in the process. These organisms derive their nutrition from their host (human) by sucking their blood.