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Life Cycle of a Mosquito
1)At which stage of a mosquito’s life cycle does moulting takes place?
  
2)Why does only the female mosquito require a blood meal?
  
3)What do the larvae feed on?
  
4)Anopheles mosquito carries Plasmodium that causes malaria in which of the following?
  
5)The diagram given below represents the comma-shaped stage in a mosquito’s life cycle. In which stage is the mosquito shaped like a comma?
  
6)Larvae swim either through propulsion with their mouth brushes, or by jerky movements of their entire bodies, giving them the common name of _____.
  
7)The mosquito larvae spend most of their time hanging upside down at the surface, sucking in oxygen through ______________.
  
8)The mosquito pupae must take in oxygen from time to time through two breathing tubes known as ___________.
  
9)Which of the following describes the process of moulting?
  
10)Name a common disease caused by mosquitoes.
  
11)___________mosquitoes have the mouth parts necessary for sucking blood.
  
12)A mosquito has four stages in its life span: (I) Egg stage (II) Larva stage (III) Pupa stage (IV) Adult stage. The mosquito requires food only during which stages?