Mosquito control Review

There are over 3,000 species of mosquitoes worldwide.

Mosquitoes are largely aquatic with most of their development occurring in or near stagnant water.

Only female mosquitoes feed on or "bite" humans to obtain protein necessary for egg laying.

Mosquitoes are cold-blooded creatures and do not generally bite in temperatures

below 50 F.

Mosquitoes can live as long as 2-3 months and adults that hibernate can live as long as 6-8 months.

How they "bite": First of all they can not bite, they cannot even open their jaw, they sting. Here's how they do it. First they pierce the skin with a stylet. This may take many tries. Then a chemical called salvia is released to prevent the blood from clotting. Then the blood is sucked up. Finally it flies away.

Males vs Females: Females are the only ones who drink blood. Males get their nutrients from nectar of plants.

The transition of disease: First a mosquito bites an infected person. In doing so it ingests a virus. Second the virus builds in the mosquito. Finally the mosquito bites someone else and infects the person.

The mosquito life cycle has four stages : egg, larvae, pupa and adult.

Mosquito eggs are deposited singly or clustered in egg rafts on the water surface. Once the egg hatch, mosquitoes develop into the larval stage where they feed and grow. They then progress to a non-feeding pupal stage and finally emerge as an adult. The life cycle is complete in seven to 10 days in warmer weather and up to two months in cool, spring weather.