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June Featured Fact Sheet: Mosquitoes
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Adult mosquitoes are small, usually about 1/4 inch long, slender-bodied biting flies. Their wings are long, slender, and hairy, particularly along the veins. Some mosquitoes, such as Psorophora, are larger, about 1/2 inch long. Adults lay elongate eggs that are about 1/40 inch long, and dark-brown or black when ready to hatch. The eggs are laid in batches of 50 to 200, either separately or glued together in small clusters. Eggs hatch into elongate, legless, larvae with a large head with mouth brushes and a short tube (siphon) at the posterior end. Fully grown larvae are usually 1/4 to 3/8 inch long depending on the species. They change into pupae that are comma-shaped.
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