These small insects are part of the fly family. Thename,mosquito,is Spanish for"little fly". They gothrough four stages of life until they become an adult.
Stage 1 – Egg
This is the first stage where a female mosquito, afterdrinking the blood of a living being, lays 40 to 400 tinyeggs on stagnant or extremely slow moving water. Mosteggs hatch into larvae within 48 hours while others mightwithstand subzero winters before hatching.