Why don't mosquitoes die in the rain? They're too small

Mosquitoes thrive in rainy climates, even though a typical raindrop can weigh up to 50 times as much as the insect. Scientists have thus long pondered how mosquitoes can fly through a rainstorm without getting killed by such collisions, the impact of which is comparable to a human being hit by a bus. The short answer is that the mosquitoes are so light that they simply hitch a ride on the raindrop without any significant force being transferred to them  http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mosquitoes-rain-20120604,0,2743358.story?track=rss

Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times-Science Now by Thomas H. Maugh II