" ...Look at this thing,” he said. “He’s the size of that fucking dog.”
“She,” said Henry, continuing to watch the Herk family through the window.
“She?” asked Leonard. “She what?”
“The mosquito,” said Henry. “It’s a she.”
Leonard looked closely at the blot on his wrist, then back at Henry. “How the fuck can you tell that?” he asked.
“This show on the Discovery Channel,” explained Henry. “They said only the female mosquito sucks your blood.”
Leonard looked at the blot again. He said, “Bitch. "

― Dave Barry , Big Trouble