Reproduction of mosquitoes directly depends on the feeding of insects with blood. During the period of activity, the laying of eggs by females occurs every 2-3 days. During mating, females attract males with a thin squeak that is created
wings. Male individuals feel it with the help of sensitive antennae and rush to the females. Insects form a swarm, and mating takes place in it. Reproduction of mosquitoes has one specific feature - blood is required in the diet of females during this period. Insects fly in search of the necessary ingredient.
Human blood is the main diet of females during the period when mosquitoes breed. People inhabit almost all land areas suitable for life. Mosquitoes also live there. This happened thanks to man - insects settled after their main victim. For example, an ordinary mosquito can adapt to various climates and conditions, and human blood is an ideal food for it. Each female lays 30 to 150 eggs exclusively on the surface of the water. Mosquito breeding can occur in stagnant or
low flow reservoirs. Some species may lay eggs on wet surfaces. But for the full development cycle to the adult formation, the presence of nearby water is necessary. Although there may be enough puddles that do not dry out for a long time.
The eggs are bonded together, forming something like a raft. There, the larvae feed and grow. The larva leaves its house below, immediately falling into the water. Then it turns into a movable chrysalis. The entire development cycle from eggs to adults is an average of 1 week. Like all dipterans, mosquitoes go through 4 phases of development: eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults. Until the adult insect stage, they live in water. During this period, eggs, larvae and pupae are eaten by fish, frogs and aquatic animals.
Adult mosquitoes are an excellent food for insectivorous birds and predatory insects. For example, for dragonflies. But the mosquito - the insect is far from harmless. In other periods, when there are too many of them, they are able to attack a living creature with a huge cloud.
The nutrition of adult insects has a dual nature: males feed on nectar and plant juice, and females drink the blood of vertebrates. Summer mosquitoes spend in people's homes, damp and shaded areas of nature, in rooms where animals are kept. In winter, insects become numb at an air temperature below 0, or live in warm structures in a state of low activity.
Adults are not only disturbed by night sleep or outdoor recreation, but they can carry a certain danger. They are especially dangerous for allergy sufferers, and certain types of them are carriers of serious diseases and pose a threat to humans. The fight against these insects is of great importance. Mosquitoes are destroyed with the help of special devices, poisonous odors, ultrasounds and other means. It is especially necessary to apply precautionary measures in years when summer is full of rains, as mosquitoes breed in large numbers then.