There are four distinct stages in the life cycle of a mosquito – egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The mosquito has a different appearance at each stage. The entire cycle generally takes one to two weeks, ...

The pupae then develop for another 2–3 days before becoming adult mosquitoes. A female Aedes mosquito can lay 100–200 eggs ...

Therefore, the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases can be reduced. Researchers rush mosquito pupae into glass sieve-like equipment to separate slimmer male pupae from females and use ...

Aedes mosquito eggs lie dormant for up to nine months and hatch within hours if exposed to even a teaspoon of water. It takes four days for larvae to develop into pupae and adult mosquitoes emerge ...

Dengue viruses are spread to people through mosquito bites of infected Aedes ... and scientists then use a machine to separate female pupae from the males before sterilising the males.