Life Cycle of Mosquitos

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Insect is a living thing from a group of invertebrate animal which have the highest number of species in the world. One of them is mosquito which is known as blood-sucker. The mosquitoes, or a scientific name is Culicidae, are a family of about three and half thousand species within the order Diptera with the two-winged flies. They are more closely related to midges, gnats and crane flies and one of the more primitive families of Diptera. Mosquitoes are not founded in the places that are permanently frozen. That means, the life of mosquitoes is based on the environment condition. Mosquitoes take 3-10 days to complete the life cycle from eggs to adults. There are four distinct stages in life cycle of mosquitoes namely eggs, larves, pupa and adult (refer to Figure 1 in Appendix).
Firstly, the life cycle of the mosquito is laying an egg. Mosquitoes have multi-stage life cycle which can divided into two categories which is flooding water species and standing water species. The life cycle of mosquito depend on where in the environments it laid eggs. For example, flooding water mosquito species likes Culex eggs are laid above the water level as floating raft whereas standing water mosquito species such as Aedes Albopictus laid it eggs near the waters. Based on the Clements (1992) studied that female mosquitoes lay some 50 to 500 eggs at one time, depositing them on water or on sites that will flooded. Each egg is protected by an egg shell, which in many species is elaborately sculpted. This reproduction was happened in every life of mosquito in different subfamily and tribes. The eggs of the mosquito hatched take a periods of time based on the environmental conditions. Based on Clements (1992) study stated that

within one to two days ...

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... finds the appropriate of oviposition site for laid eggs and the larvae hatch into conditions for which they are adapted.
In conclusion, different types of mosquitoes have a different style to growth. However, it still passes through the same life cycle from eggs to adults.

Works Cited

Clements, A., N. (1992). The biology of mosquito: Development, nutrition and reproduction. London, UK: Chapman and Hall.

Eckhoff, P., A. (2011). A malaria transmission-directed model of mosquito life cycle and ecology. Malaria Journal, 10(303), 1-17. Retrieved from http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/303

Moslov, A., V. (Ed.). (1989). Blood-sucking mosquitoes of the subtribe Culisetina (Diptera, Culicidae) in world fauna. New Delhi, India: Amerind Publishing.

Renchies, D., L. (2007). Mosquito life cycle. Retrieved from http://www.uaex.edu/publications/pdf/ag1163.pdf

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