Mosquito Emoji

Animals

A detailed illustration of a mosquito, typically depicted in shades of grey or brown with spindly legs, a long proboscis, and translucent wings. It captures the distinct silhouette of the common house mosquito.

Usage Context

Used to complain about summer pests, itchy bug bites, or long nights spent swatting at insects. It also appears in discussions regarding public health, tropical medicine, or regions where fly or spider infestations are a concern.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of the effort to broaden the collection of insects and common household pests. Its inclusion was pushed by health organizations and researchers to provide a more specific visual reference for discussions involving vector-borne diseases like malaria and Zika.

Details

Glyph

🦟

Unicode

U+1F99F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f99f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD9F;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bug

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.

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