A mosquito, a type of bloodsucking fly. Depicted as a brown or black mosquito on its six, long legs, with wings, long abdomen, and needle-like mouth. Variously shown from above or facing left.
May be used to represent various insects, other bugs and bug bites, and insect-borne diseases (e.g., malaria). May also be used for metaphorical pests.
Facebook’s mosquito has a red abdomen, as if filled with blood.
| Emoji | ๐ฆ |
| Unicode Name | Mosquito |
| Apple Name | Mosquito |
| Also Known As | |
| Codepoints | U+1F99F |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | เฆฎเฆถ |
| Danish | myg |
| German | mรผcke |
| English | mosquito |
| Spanish | mosquito |
| French | moustique |
| Hindi | เคฎเคเคเคฐ |
| Italian | zanzara |
| Japanese | ่ |
| Korean | ๋ชจ๊ธฐ |
| Marathi | เคกเคธ |
| Malay | nyamuk |
| Dutch | mug |
| Norwegian | mygg |
| Portuguese | mosquito |
| Swedish | mygga |
| Tamil | เฎเฎ |
| Telugu | เฐฆเฐฎ |
| Chinese | ่ๅญ |







































