When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval stages, the larvae metamorphose into pupas. Like the larval stage, the pupal stage is ...

It experiences obligatory diapause, a period of dormancy that is naturally induced at a fixed time in an organism's life cycle ... that Antarctic mosquito larvae usually reach their second ...

There are four distinct stages in the life cycle of a mosquito – egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The mosquito has a different appearance at each stage. The entire cycle generally takes one to two weeks, ...

Mosquito larvae develop in the water and have many ... while males only feed on plant nectar, and the cycle begins again. Mosquitoes are cold-blooded insects and cannot regulate their body ...

With striking high-speed video footage, scientists have for the first time detailed how predatory mosquito larvae attack and capture prey in aquatic habitats. Published in the Annals of the ...