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Life cycle of Anopheles mosquito.

Life cycle of Anopheles mosquito. Mosquito goes through various stages before it becomes a full grown adults. Female: 3-100 days Male: 10 -20 days. Different stages in the life cycle are. 1. EGGS – laid 50- 200 at a time _float on the surface of water

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Life cycle of Anopheles mosquito.

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  1. Life cycle of Anopheles mosquito. Mosquito goes through various stages before it becomes a full grown adults. Female: 3-100 days Male: 10 -20 days

  2. Different stages in the life cycle are 1. EGGS – laid 50- 200 at a time _float on the surface of water _culex the eggs are stuck together in rafts of 100s or more. Mosquito Egg Raft

  3. Life cycle.

  4. Mosquito Larva Larva • Live in water. • Come to surface to breath • Shed their skin (moulting) 4 times . • Have siphon tubes for breathing and hang from surface. • Anopheles do not have siphon and they parallel to the water surface.

  5. Mosquito Pupa Pupa • Resting and non feeding stage • Change to adult • It takes about 2 days before the adult is fully developed. • When the developments the pupal skin splits and the mosquito emerges as an adult.

  6. Adult • The newly emerged adult rests on the surface of the water for a short time to allow itself to dry and all its parts to harden. Also, the wings have to spread out and dry properly before it can fly.

  7. About mosquito • The feeding habits of mosquitoes are quite unique in that it is only the adult females that bite man and other animals. The male mosquitoes feed only on plant juices. Some female mosquitoes prefer to feed on only one type of animal or they can feed on a variety of animals. Female mosquitoes feed on man, domesticated animals, such as cattle, horses, goats, etc; all types of birds including chickens; all types of wild animals including deer, rabbits; and they also feed on snakes, lizards, frogs, and toads.Most female mosquitoes have to feed on an animal and get a sufficient blood meal before she can develop eggs. If they do not get this blood meal, then they will die without laying viable eggs. However, some species of mosquitoes have developed the means to lay viable eggs without getting a blood meal.

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