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The Mosquito

  • By Trey Clawson
  • February 17, 2019
Mosquitoes

The Mosquito

Description – What It Looks Like; Size, Coloring, Etc.

Mosquitoes are pretty small fellows clocking in at a mere 1/8 – 3/8″ long. In addition to their 6 legs, they have a piercing/sucking mouthpart called a proboscis (more on this in a minute). They range in color from black to grey and can have different kinds of markings like white bands on their joints or green or blue stripes on their bodies, etc. Up close, they are actually pretty beautiful creatures. However, don’t let that fool you, they can be very harmful, even deadly…

Mosquito Egg Raft
Mosquito Larvae Up-Close
Mosquito Larvae in Dirty Water
Mosquito Pupae Up-Close
Mosquito Before Feeding on Blood
Mosquito After Feeding on Blood
Mosquito Up-Close

The Mosquito

Habitat, Behaviors, Preferences, Etc.

Mosquitoes belong to the order Diptera; a.k.a. true or two-winged flies. All true flies get their nutrition from liquids because their mouthparts are designed to either pierce or suck. When it comes to mosquitoes, only the females are after your blood. Now, our blood does not provide the nutrition that the adult female needs personally, what she is after is the protein and iron from our blood to create eggs to lay. Both male and female mosquitoes get their nutrition from the sugars in the nectar of various plants. Mosquitoes are typically active in the cooler parts of the day, that’s why you tend to get eaten up mainly in the evening when you are trying to relax on the back porch with the dog. When it gets hot, they usually retreat to the underside of bushes and trees, your eaves, and even the underside of your patio furniture.

Mosquitoes lay their eggs in the form of a raft on the surface of water. Their egg clusters typically contain anywhere from 100-300 eggs and range from 1/8 – 1/4″ long. It’s pretty small and is easily mistaken for a piece of ash floating on the water. When the eggs hatch, which happens about 24 to 48 hours after they’ve been laid, the larvae can easily be seen by the naked eye swimming about it the water. The larvae feed on fungus, algae, and other organic matter in the water. After anywhere from 4 to 14 days of development, they molt into a pupae and float to the surface of the water. It ranges from 1 to 4 days for their metamorphosis to complete and out merges a fully grown mosquito ready to suck your blood!

The Mosquito

Fun Fact

The mosquito uses 6 different needles to such your blood! Check out this video produced by the guys at Deep Look!

You can find a bunch more of The Deep Look’s incredible videos HERE!

The Mosquito

Effective Control

There are a few things you can do for effective control.

  1. Make sure you don’t have standing water anywhere
  2. Screen in the back porch
  3. Plant some citronella plants or burn some citronella candles
  4. Have a Pest Control Professional treat for your house to reduce the Mosquito population around your home
Trey Clawson

Trey Clawson

Trey is a Certified Applicator and an Authorized Speaker in the State of Texas. He has a wife of 13 years that he is madly in love with and 3 kids that he adores. He likes bringing home random pest findings, like nests and such, and dissecting them with the kids at the kitchen table! (It's worth noting however, his wife is not too fond of him using the kitchen table...)
Trey Clawson

Trey Clawson

Trey is a Certified Applicator and an Authorized Speaker in the State of Texas. He has a wife of 13 years that he is madly in love with and 3 kids that he adores. He likes bringing home random pest findings, like nests and such, and dissecting them with the kids at the kitchen table! (It's worth noting however, his wife is not too fond of him using the kitchen table...)

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