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how do the surive the winter,

2007-07-27 04:30:39 · 5 answers · asked by ron h 3 in Science & Mathematics Weather

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Where do mosquitoes go in the winter? Mosquitoes, like most insects, are cold blooded creatures. As a result, they are incapable of regulating body heat and their temperature is essentially the same as their surroundings. Mosquitoes function best at 80o F, become lethargic at 60o F and cannot function below 50o F. In tropical areas, mosquitoes are active year round. In temperate climates, adult mosquitoes become inactive with the onset of cool weather and enter hibernation to live through the winter. Some kinds of mosquitoes have winter hardy eggs and hibernate as embryos in eggs laid by the last generation of females in late summer. The eggs are usually submerged under ice and hatch in spring when water temperatures rise. Other kinds of mosquitoes overwinter as adult females that mate in the fall, enter hibernation in animal burrows, hollow logs or basements and pass the winter in a state of torpor. In spring, the females emerge from hibernation, blood feed and lay the eggs that produce the next generation of adults. A limited number of mosquitoes overwinter in the larval stage, often buried in the mud of freshwater swamps. When temperatures rise in spring, these mosquitoes begin feeding, complete their immature growth and eventually emerge as adults to continue their kind.

2007-07-27 08:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lifting Underground 2 · 0 0

Florida and Texas

2007-07-27 08:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by Terry S 1 · 0 0

Adults die. Their eggs survive to vex us next spring.

2007-07-27 05:19:29 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0 0

Hmmm. looking for a vacation?

they only live for few days

2007-07-27 04:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by J.C. 4 · 0 0

they die.....I think....and lay their eggs somewhere ?

2007-07-27 04:42:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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