Mosquito Habitats

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Mosquito Habitats

• Michelle Magalski

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Facts about Mosquitoes

• Mosquitoes need a blood meal in order to lay
  their eggs so only females bite. The eggs are
  laid in still water and then hatch. Mosquitoes
  cant survive in rivers or big bodies of water.
  The next stage of mosquitoes, larva, also live in
  water. Once the larva has gone through four
  stages, it becomes a pupa. Then, it hatches into
  an adult mosquito.

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Prevent Mosquitoes

• An easy way to control mosquitoes is to stop them
  before they become adults. Since mosquitoes
  spend most of their lives in water, the best way
  to prevent mosquitoes is to get rid of standing
  water around your house. Anything that can hold
  water like trash cans, buckets, old childrens
  swimming pools, bird baths, or any other
  containers can breed mosquitoes. Make sure to
  dump out standing water and change water weekly.

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What is a habitat that mosquito larva cant live
in?

• Childs Swimming Pool
• Bucket
• River
• Bird Bath

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You are Correct

• Mosquitoes cant live in bodies of water that are
  large and are not still. Mosquitoes are more
  likely to be in things found in your yard.

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You are not correct

• Review the habitats of mosquitoes before trying
  to answer the question.

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Biography

• This Mosquito Habitat lesson was created by
  Michelle Magalski.
• I am a speech pathology major and an elementary
  education minor.
• I plan to graduate in December 2007 after I
  student teach.
• I worked for three years at Saginaw County
  Mosquito Abatement Commission.