1- Mosquitoes belong to the group of 3500 species of little flies.
2- Mosquito word comes from the Spanish and Portuguese languages. Mosquitoes have many other name in European countries like Gnats, Les Moucherons or Les cousins, Steckmuchen etc.
3- There are four stages Egg, Larva, Pupa and adult in life cycle of mosquitoes.
4- Mosquitoes are the main cause of diseases like Yellow Fever, Malaria, Dengue, Chikunguniya, Filariasis, Zika etc.
5- 1 million people died every year due to Mosquitoes.
6- Mosquito’s lifecycle is 14 days to 1 months.
7- Female mosquitoes always lay their eggs in aquatic area, such as pond, on the leaf of aquatic plants etc.
8- Mosquitoes don’t bite in daytime because during the heat of the day, they rest in cool places and wait for night.
9- Asian Tiger Mosquito or Forest Mosquito fly in daytime and bite the host for their food.
10- Only female mosquitoes bite human or other animal for sucking blood as they need protein and iron from the blood of host for hatching their eggs while Male Mosquitoes live their life by sucking nectar of the flowers and plants.