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**// Mosquito By:Alisha Vaswani //**
 Introduction

Approximately everyone thinks that mosquitos are just small insects, they won’t harm you. But, if you are one of the people who think that is true, you are wrong! A Mosquito looks small, but with their wings on each side, they’ll buzz around you, but unfortunately they have poor eyesight. Even though not always it takes you to the doctor, the effect of a mosquito biting you is that it will itch for a few days. The women mosquito takes the blood because female mosquito needs a blood meal for their eggs. They are also well known as little fly. This essay will show you how does it affects people, what do they eat, where do they live, what do they look like, and what stages does mosquitoes go through!  =**__ What do they eat? __**= Both gender of mosquitoes drinks **nectar**from plants for their food, but females drink blood too! A female mosquito uses the blood to add other types of nutrients for her egg. They use **proboscis**, an external organ to suck the blood, then the pokes a hole in the skin of the person or animal. When they’re done injecting the pain killer, it will suck the blood. Diseases are spread by mosquitoes that carry infected blood. Proboscis is also used to suck the nectar.   =**__What do they look like? __**= A mosquito is a flying insect, which has a thin body and really long legs. Mosquitoes also have 2 halters; halters help **stabilize** the flight of the mosquito. Mosquitoes are a disgusting insect! All mosquitoes are normally less than 16 mm long and 2.5 mg in for their weight. =**__ Where do they live? __**=

Mosquitoes come from different places. For example places like trash places. They are well known in Jakarta where trashes are everywhere. Mosquitoes are in all six of the major continents. The mosquito is awake at night and flies during the evening and night. During the day, the mosquitoes rest in the shade or cool areas. But a mosquito will still bite if it is disturbed. = **__ What stages does mosquito goes through? __** =  A mosquito starts out in eggs . The mother mosquitoes lay the eggs in the water because the larvae have to swim. Mosquito larvae’s are also called "wrigglers" because of the way they wriggle in the water. In at least one week, the **larvae** start to become a **[|pupa]**, which is the second stage of a mosquito. The pupa stage lasts about one to four days, when the mosquito stays in a hard cocoon like case. When a mosquito is in its shell, it will never eat. The only thing it does do is change again. Then the case cracks, and out comes a brand new adult mosquito. The mosquito must stay on the surface of the water for a few minutes. This helps its wing to dry. The adult mosquito lives for about four to eight weeks, then its life is over. =**__ How does it affect people? __**=

A mosquito is a very famous insect; it has killed a lot of people during the past. When mosquito bites you, then you may get disease like **yellow fever**, **Malaria**, **dengue fever**, etc. To avoid this problem, usually people sleep under large nets so they don't get bitten in their sleep. All of these diseases are mostly found in countries with tropical climates . =**//__ Conclusion __//**= After you’ve read this piece you know what types of sickness mosquitoes can create. To prevent getting these types of sickness you should use mosquito **repellent**. Remember that even though when you get a bite from a mosquito it sometimes doesn’t react, the effect that it gives might be worse. Now in the world there’s a big population of mosquito so be careful!
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[|**http://www.control-mosquitoes.com/**] [|**http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Bugs/Mosquito#How_does_this_bug_affect_people.3F**] [] [] [] []
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