Little by little: how long does a mosquito live?

To begin with, it should be reported that most insects have a short life span. Usually this is a year or less! For example, how do you think how many lives the black cockroach? A little - about forty days. Housefly - from one decade to a month, and worker ants - already six years! But this is rather an exception to the rule than the norm. However, these insects are usually not interesting to anyone, since they do not cause pain to humans, which means they are less visible. Everyone is interested in another question - how long does a mosquito live?

In order not to languish with long expectations, we will answer immediately: these bloodsuckers live from one decade to two months. At the same time, females live longer than males, in fact, as is the case in humans. It turns out that the same mosquito simply physically cannot constantly torment us, preventing us from sleeping at night. In the end, he will die for natural reasons. And this can not but rejoice, is not it? However, we left the topic ... Let us examine in more detail the question of how long a mosquito lives, and consider all its life stages.

Who does not know, mosquitoes experience exactly four periods of their short existence:

1. development in the egg;
2. larval stage;
3. pupation;
4. imago.

All periods of mosquito life, except for the adult stage, pass directly in the water. How does this happen and how many mosquitoes live during these periods?

Eggs

Females of these bloodsuckers lay up to three hundred (!) Eggs in standing reservoirs - lakes, swamps, puddles, water on leaves, in “eggplants” filled with water, and so on ... At first the eggs are white, but very soon they darken. The duration of this stage is about a week.

Larva

Then larvae appear, hanging down with their heads under water. They breathe with the help of hollow tubes. They feed on bacteria and other microorganisms, which are attracted to themselves with the help of fan-shaped appendages. In this state, the insect spends up to four molts.

Doll

Another metamorphosis lasts from two to five days. New tubules necessary for the pupal respiratory processes are brought to the surface of the water. It is in the chrysalis that a full-fledged mosquito is formed - the imago.

This is an adult mosquito spending the rest of its life in the air. It is interesting that males are always the first to hatch, which form entire swarms to meet with their "brides". In addition, males are “vegetarians” (feed on flower nectar), and females are “predators”. They suck blood in animals and humans.

So, the average life of bloodsuckers is three weeks. It is interesting that both the temperature and the surrounding environment affect the duration of the existence of this type of insect, because if you beat a bloodsucker, he is no longer a tenant! Availability of nutrition also directly affects their life expectancy. Many people are seriously interested in how long a mosquito lives after a bite made to a man ... Friends, we answer: exactly as much as he is destined to live in nature, namely, about a month! After all, it doesn’t matter to a mosquito who to bite, the main thing is to be able to do it as profitable as possible for yourself, preferably until the abdomen is filled with a “red treat” so that the insect can barely fly up!