Overview
The mosquitoes have four life stages which are: egg, larva, pupa and adult or imago. The first three stages which are egg, larva, pupa are largely aquatic. Each these stages have almost 5 to 14 days of lifespan, but depending on the species and ambient temperature, there are some important exceptions. Some mosquitoes like mosquitoes living in the regions where some seasons are freezing or waterless spend part of the year in diapause; means the delay in their development, typically for months, and carry on with life only when there is enough water or warmth for their needs. For instance Wyeomyia larvae typically get frozen into solid lumps of ice during winter and only complete their development in the spring. The eggs of some species of Aedes remain unharmed in diapause if they dry out, and hatch later when they are covered by water.
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