| The mosquitoes are getting out of control. Walking through parts of the wetland, I litterally have difficulty seeing my feet, not because they are underwater, but because there are thousands of freshly emerged mosquitoes dodging my boots.
It seems that this is the second generation of mosquitoes, with the first potentially being left-overs from the dry season. It’ll be interesting, to say the least, to experience the exponential growth. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holy FRACK! What is the length of their life cycle? Are they like may flies and are born and die within 8 minutes?
There life cycle certainly depends on the species, so I don’t know for sure. However, the individuals shown in these pictures were larva for about 1 week, pupa for a couple days, and now are adults. Adults can live several weeks for most, if not all, mosquito species. In fact, I believe females typically bit several times in their lifetime…
way too many bugs. make that 1 minute