Question

What is the baby mosquito called?
A. Larva
B. Pupa
C. Baby
D. Embryo

Answer 1

Hint: These are very small hairy like mosquitoes with a size of 1/4 – inch long. They can also be in the water for four to fourteen days.

Complete answer:
A mosquito belongs to the kingdom of animalia and phylum Arthropoda. Mosquito is a group of about 3500 species of small insects. Mosquitoes have one pair of wings, three pairs of legs and have slender segmented bodies with elongated mouth parts. When an egg hatches in water within a week then wigglers form which is called larvae. All the mosquitoes first of all undergo a process which is called metamorphosis. There are the four different stages of mosquitoes: egg(embryo), larva, pupa, and adult. The entire life cycle of mosquitoes is completed in one month. When the female mosquito eats a blood meal, then she lays eggs in the water or near a damp soil. Then, within or after a week, these eggs hatched in water and became larvae which are also known as wigglers. They have soft bodies with hard round heads. This mosquito larva eats algae, fungi and other microorganisms present in the water. They can reside in water for 2 to 14 days. Larva mosquito moult 4 times and grow larger and larger after each moult. When the larva mosquito moult for the 4th time then, it becomes a pupa. So, the baby mosquito is generally called a larva. These pupae are mobile when they become adults then they start to fly on the free surface.

Thus, the correct answer is option A. i.e., Larva.

Note: Mosquitoes are the small insects that existed on earth. There are various diseases which are caused by mosquitoes like malaria, dengue etc. Mosquitoes can also act as a vector for many of the diseases causing parasites and viruses.