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Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes
Culicidae
Insecta
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
A few weeks
Size
Small
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Crepuscular
Social
Solitary
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Speed
Status
Common

About

Mosquitoes are tiny flies found in warm, damp places with 3, living in many warm places. They have a slender body, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and a proboscis that can pierce skin to drink blood from larger animals.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae