Stagging water
The main reason for the cause of *"Dengue"* fever is musquitoes. Did you know the adult male mosquito consume only a nector. The female mosquitoes are the one that bite. After mating the female mosquitoes prefers to lay eggs in a small pool of water where the absence of fish. The mosquito lay 100-200 eggs.
Life cycle of mosquito:-
Life cycle
Eggs
Mosquito eggs
Mosquito lay eggs in form of rafts as the above image. Culex and Culiseta species of mosquitoes lay eggs in form of rafts and lay eggs in surface of water. While the another group of species Aedes and Ochlerotatus lay their eggs singly and they lay on damp soil that will be flooded by water.
Larva
Larva
Mostly we can see the larva in water and breathe in surface of the air. Most larvae(larva- plural) have siphon tubes which helps in hangon surface of water for breathing. Anopheles larvae do not have a siphon and lie parallel to the water surface to get a supply of oxygen through a breathing opening.
Pupa
Pupa
Pupa stage development stage without consuming feed. This stage Pupa becomes locomotive and appears the growth of tail at bottom. This process is similar to the metamorphosis seen in butterflies.
Adult
Adult
This stage is most popular one which always distrub us. Got a development of wings and start to blood feeding. Adult male mosquito got life span of 10 days. While female life's for 42-56 days.
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