Mosquitoes
Culex Mosquito
Culex spp.
Appearance
Adults are 6.4–12.7 mm, brown with darker bands on the abdomen, long-legged, with a piercing proboscis.
Life span
The aquatic cycle of egg, larva, pupa, and adult takes 7–10 days. Males generally live about 15 days and females about 30. Males feed on nectar; females need blood to produce fertile eggs. A female may lay up to about 1,000 eggs in 5–7 batches of 150–200, in floating rafts. Mosquitoes mate once.