Malaria causing mosquito

Information about Malaria causing Mosquito

• 3,500 species of Mosquitoes are present.
• There are 430 Anopheles species present, of which only 30-40 species can act as Potential vectors for transmitting Malaria.
• Malaria is transmitted by different species of Anopheles mosquitoes in different regions.
• Anopheles mosquitoes undergo four stages in their Life cycle, the first three stages occurs in water.

• Following a blood meal, the female mosquito lays eggs in water..
• The eggs are spindle shaped and are brown/black in color. The female mosquito lays about 50 to 150 eggs in water..
• Eggs are mostly laid in singles and have lateral air floats, which help them to float in water.

• Larval stage has head, thorax and abdomen region, with two pairs of eyes..
• It has feeding brushes, which help them to feed..
• Respiratory apparatus is present in the abdomen..
• Larva is the growing stage and the larva eats plentifully

• This stage is the resting or quiescent stage and it does not take any food.
• The pupa is comma -shaped.
• The pupa stage is very sensitive to movement and moves away from the source of disturbance.

• The outer skin of the pupa breaks and the mosquito emerges from it.
• It takes ten to twelve days for completing the life cycle from egg stage to adult stage.