MOSQUITOES AND THEIR EXTERMINATION.
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toes are frequently seen flying about in the woods before the snow has wholly left the ground.
Mosquitoes can not develop or come to maturity without water in which to live during the first weeks of their 'wiggler' existence.
Fig. 1. Mosquito 'Wigglers '—Larvæ and Pupæ—in the Water. Life size.
A mosquito's life is divided into four stages—the egg, the larva, the pupa and the adult insect. In the larval and pupal stages, mosquitoes are more commonly known as 'wigglers' (see Fig. 1). Both
Fig. 2. Mosquito Wigglers' (Larvæ) in the Water. Anopheles Larva to the Right, Culex Larva to the Left. Three times larger than life.
Anopheles, the malarial, and Culex, the common, mosquito larvæ are present in this picture. Mosquito 'wigglers' may frequently be found in rain-water barrels in as large numbers as are seen in this photograph. The female mosquito lays from one hundred and fifty to four
