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Aedes aegypti mosquito is diurnal, or active in the morning until noon. Disease transmission carried by female mosquitoes, because only the female mosquito sucks blood. It was do for obtain the needed protein for produce eggs. Male Aedes aegypti mosquito do not need blood, and obtain energy from nectar from flowers or plants. This species like dark areas and objects black or red.
Aedes aegypti mosquito is diurnal, or active in the morning until noon. Disease transmission carried by female mosquitoes, because only the female mosquito sucks blood. It was do for obtain the needed protein for produce eggs. Male Aedes aegypti mosquito do not need blood, and obtain energy from nectar from flowers or plants. This species like dark areas and objects black or red.
Virus infection in aedes aegypti mosquito's body can lead to behavioral changes that leads to increase vector competence, the ability of mosquitoes spread the virus. Viral infection can result in less reliable mosquito sucking blood, repeatedly jabbed his proboscis, but was unable to suck blood so that insects move from one person to another. Consequently, the risk of viral transmission is becoming increasingly large.
Aedes aegypti mosquito, like other culicines, laying eggs on the surface clean water individually. Eggs elliptical black and separate from one another. Eggs hatch in 1 to 2 days into larvae. There are four stages in the development of so-called larval instar. The development from instar 1 to instar 4 will take approximately 5 days. After reaching the fourth instar, the larvae turn into pupae in which the larvae enter the dormant period. Pupae survive for 2 days before adult mosquitoes out of the pupa.
The development from egg to adult mosquito takes 7 to 8 days, but can be longer if environmental conditions are not favorable. Aedes aegypti mosquito eggs drought resistant and can last up to 1 month in the dry state. If submerged in water, dried eggs can hatch into larvae. In contrast, larvae in dire need of water is sufficient for its development. Conditions when developing larvae may affect the conditions that produced the adult aedes aegypti mosquito. For example, larval populations that exceed the availability of food will produce adult mosquitoes tend to be more greedy in sucking blood. Conversely, an environment that rich in nutrients produce more mosquitoes.