Monday, October 13, 2008

The life cycle of the mosquito

In the life cycle of the mosquito there are 5 stages. The first stage of the mosquito life cycle is the egg. The eggs of the mosquito's are laid in egg rafts. The mosquito's die if the egg raft is separated. Although some of the mosquito's live during the separation but this is very rare. The next stage of the mosquito is the larva. the larva stage is when the mosquito breaks out of the egg and looks like a small worm. It feeds and after a male he morphs into a pupa. In the pupa stage the mosquito is dormant. it only breaths through it's small little breathing tube. Then it emerges from the pupa . It slowly comes out and stays on the water held up by the surface. A female mosquito has to suck blood to lay her eggs. This is the life cycle of the mosquito.

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