Biology

• Mosquitoes like all insects have three (3) body parts:  head, thorax, and abdomen.
• All insects have three sets of legs (6). 
• Insects can have one or two sets of wings depending on the species. 
• Mosquitoes belong to the order Diptera ("Di = two; hence two wings).
• Most insects have a hard chitonous exoskeleton (no bones).
• Insects do not have lungs.  They instead breathe through spiricles (openings into the thoracic or abdominal cavities).
• Mosquitoes begin their life in the water as a larva.   

 

 

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