What are the larvae of mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes are pests that everyone hates. On summer nights, mosquitoes "buzz" beside their pillows, making people unable to fall asleep. What is more hateful is that mosquitoes feed on human blood and spread various diseases. Although mosquitoes are notorious, not everyone knows mosquito larvae. Let's take a look at what mosquito larvae are.

What are the larvae of mosquitoes?

The larvae of mosquitoes are Jie é ju é, also known as head worms and square worms. They are hatched by mosquito eggs in the water. They have a slender body, broad chest, head and abdomen, bend and stretch when swimming, and feed on bacteria and single-celled algae in the water to breathe air.

The developmental process of mosquitoes

The mosquito's life goes through four stages: egg, larva (larva), pupa and adult.

1. Eggs: mosquitoes generally lay their eggs in clear water, such as stream water, Rain Water depression, ponds, marshes, rice fields and mountain streams.

2. Wigglers: in a warm season, eggs can hatch into wrigglers in about three days and begin to grow in draught, such as tiny microbes and protozoa, relying on the two pores at the end of the body close to the surface of the water to draw air.

3. Pupa: the wiggler becomes a pupa after molting, and finally stops eating and reduces its activity.

4. Adults: about two or three days later, the pupa comes to the surface to shed its skin and feathered into an adult to fly out.

What are the natural enemies of wigglers?

1. Fish: such as mosquito-eating fish.

2. Aquatic insects: water bugs, water mantis, field soft-shelled turtles, bugs, water tortoise shells, etc.

3. Aquatic arthropods: shrimp, crab, etc.

4. Small amphibians: salamanders, tadpoles, etc.