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Mosquitoes - Paper

Mosquitoes

are insects belonging to the order Diptera. Only females bite. Female have a long piercing proboscis (mouthpart) they use to extract blood from other animals. After mating with a male, the female needs a meal of blood to keep her developing eggs healthy. Male do not have a proboscis which allows them to pierce skin. Their food source is nectar. can carry diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and dengue fever to humans, encephalitis to humans and horses, and heartworm to dogs.
There are four distinct stages of the mosquito life cycle. The egg, larva, pupa and adult. Eggs are typically laid in the hundreds at the surface of the water. Most eggs hatch within 48 hours. The larvae swim in ...

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entire egg to adult cycle in 10 to 14 days, depending on the temperature, with shorter times during warmer periods. Some species can even reach the adult stage in as little as two to three days.
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Mosquitoes are very abundant. Many of the eggs that mosquitoes lay in the water, and never become adults. They are eaten by fish, insects, frogs, toads and other amphibians. They are a major food source for some of these creatures. Once mosquitoes become adults, they become the food source for bats, dragonflies, flycatcher birds and many other insects and birds. Mosquitoes are annoying, but they do serve a ...

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Added: 10/16/2006 03:38:28 AM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Free Paper
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