Some interesting facts about mosquito

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Interesting facts about mosquito
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How do mosquitoes breed?
Like other insects, mosquitoes lay their eggs in
water and hatch from eggs and go through several
stages in order to become adults. The females lay
their eggs in water. After hatching their larva
and pupa stages completed entirely in the water.
Once pupa changes into adults, they leave the
water and become full-fledged flying insects.
Their life cycle varies from one to several weeks
depending on the species, temperature, and food
availability.
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Mosquito life cycle and breeding
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Look at some more interesting things from
themosquito's perspective
Mosquitoes are the insects who are universally
hated the world over. These pesky,
disease-carrying pests make a living by sucking
the blood out of just about anything that moves,
including us.
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1. Mosquitoes have been since the Jurassic period
It means mosquitoes are around for about 210
million years old. They have been mentioned
throughout history and mentioned in the works of
Aristotle around 300 B.C. and in the writings of
Sidonius Apollinaris in 467 B.C.
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2. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal
Anopheles mosquito, in particular, is very
dangerous as it transmits malaria, which accounts
more than one million deaths every year. It is
also believed that Alexander the Great died of
malaria in 323 B.C.
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3. Mosquitoes don't have tooth
The mosquitoes bite with a long, pointed
mouthparts which are used for piercing and
sucking. The paired mandibles and maxillae are
formed into needle-like structures which are
enclosed by the Labium. It acts like a tongue and
is used to suck up the blood.
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4. Mosquioto sucks blood thrice of its own weight
A mosquito requires a blood meal to develop her
eggs. So, only female mosquitoes bite, while the
male mosquitoes feed on nectar as do the female
when she is not full of eggs. Don't worry. It
would take them about 1.2 million bites to
drain all the blood from your body.
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5. Female mosquitoes lay upto 300 eggs at a time
A female mosquito can lay anywhere upto 300 eggs
at one time. So, it is so important to eliminate
all possible breeding sites or apply larvacide
which prevents the larva from becoming adult
mosquitoes.
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6. Mosquito lifespan is less than 2 months
On average a mosquitos life span is typically
2-3 weeks. However male mosquitoes have the
shortest lifespan about 10 days. And because
female mosquitoes find a hideout for the winter
like a garage, culvert, or attic so they do have
a chance of surviving upto 6-8 weeks.
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7. Mosquitoes do not transmit HIV/AIDS
AIDS causing viruses don't replicate in
mosquitoes because they not only do they hold
enough blood in their mouthparts to spread the
disease, but also they actually digest the virus
in their stomach and brake down without being
passed on. Thereby, they can't transmit HIV/AIDS.
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8. Dark clothing attracts mosquitoes
Mosquitoes use their vision and smell to locate
their hosts from a distance and find a blood
meal. So, they are more attracted towards dark
colour because they see dark objects more easily
and clear than light objects. So light color will
help in avoiding unwanted bug bites. It also
keeps you cooler in the summer heat.
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How to protect from mosquitoes?
Might be you are still experiencing the redness,
the swelling and the unbearable itching due to
mosquito bites. Therefore, to keep mosquitoes
away from your skin, you need to keep your
residential places always neat and clean. Such
as always use dustbin and keep cleaning it
regularly. Clearing bushy areas around your
homes. Do not store the garbage or wastage water
for long hours near your residence. So, make good
water to drainage to avoid stagnant water,
otherwise it will be more likely to invite
mosquitoes with honor and respect.
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Choose your best mosquito repellents
Many people wish to choose best mosquito
repellents to keep mosquitoes away. And so, they
sometimes turn to store and buy insect
repellents. But due to these insect repellents
often contain a toxic pesticide, so it is
dangerous to human health. This pesticide is
known as DEET. Infact, heavy exposure to DEET is
linked to memory loss, headache, weakness,
fatigue, muscle and joint pain, tremors and
shortness of breath in humans and is particularly
toxic to children. Thus, instead of using this
pesticide, there are so many more effective ways
to keep mosquitoes away from skin.
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Use mosquito nets for bed
Mosquitoes attack mostly when you are sleeping in
night. In that case, you can use mosquito net for
bed. It is also one of the best repellent which
has the only aim to provide protection against
mosquitoes, even flies and insects which causes
multiple diseases for example malaria, dengue,
encephalitis and yellow fever, etc.
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Importance of using mosquito nets
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Malaria and other diseases are communicated by
the bite of mosquitoes, eventually causes higher
risk of death in children and new born babies.
Using mosquito net for bed reduces such incidence
among them by anywhere from 15-70. Based on the
Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), it
is estimated that only 13 of households in
Uganda own a mosquito net and 8 of under fives
usually use them. In order to avoid the mosquito
bite, these nets are treated with insecticides
which provides effective and better protection by
keeping the mosquitoes away and also killing them.
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