All things you should know about mosquitos

 

 

So what is a Mosquito?

Mosquitos are flying insects that live in almost all parts of the world. They are scientifically named as 

culicidae. Belonging to the order diptera. The name mosquito came from Spanish and portugese which 

means little fly.

What do they feed on?

It is a general mistake that mosquitoes feed on other animals' blood. Really they consume nectar, aphid 

honeydew, and plant juices. In most of the species their mouth parts are shaped for piercing other animals'

bodies for getting blood. 

Why do mosquitoes need blood?

Mosquitoes consume blood for breeding purposes. They need blood for getting protein and essential 

nutrients for their breeding purposes. When it feeds blood it gets the power to lay more eggs and produce 

new health offspring.

How mosquitoes breed?

Most of the mosquitoes lay egg on the water through the process called dapping. females just fly over the 

water, bobbing up and down to the water surface and dropping eggs more or less singly. A healthy 

mosquito can breed upto 100-200 eggs on average. A single breeding pair can make a colony of 1000 

mosquitoes within weeks. 

Life Cycle of Mosquitoes

Their life cycle starts from egg, larva, pupa and adult. Each phase can last upto 5 to 14 days depending 

upon the weather and climate conditions. Sometimes it may take months or weeks to become a mosquito. 

The average lifespan of mosquitoes depends on 14 days to months. If they get a perfect living condition 

they live longer.

Mosquito bites and diseases.

Mosquitoes can act as vectors for many disease-causing viruses and parasites. Infected mosquitoes carry 

these organisms from person to person without exhibiting symptoms themselves.[99] Mosquito-borne 

diseases include:

Viral diseases - Yellow fever, Dengue fever, Chickunguniya

Parasitic disease - Malaria

Controlling Mosquitoes

Many measures have been tried for mosquito control, including the elimination of breeding places, 

exclusion via window screens and mosquito nets, biological control with parasites such as fungi and 

nematodes or predators such as fish, copepods, dragonfly nymphs and adults, and some species of lizard 

and gecko. Another approach is to introduce large numbers of sterile males.

Expert control.

If the mosquito colony is large you should have to consult a mosquito control expert for dealing with the job.

 They can help you with mosquito control services and help you eliminate most of the breeds from a series of treatment methods.