Eggs of other types of mosquitoes are laid in places that are dry but will fill with water. These eggs may survive several months before hatching. Larvae hatch from the eggs and live, feed, and grow in the water. Fully grown larvae change into the pupae. During the pupal stage, feeding stops and changes occur that lead to the adult stage.
Adults emerge from the pupae, leave the water and take to the air.
They cycle from egg to adult mosquito may take as little as a week. Soon after becoming adults, male and female mosquitoes mate. There are more than 50 types of mosquitoes in North Carolina. Many of these are not a problem because they do not attack humans. Adult mosquitoes may live about 2-3 weeks, but during this time the female can take several blood meals and lay hundreds of eggs.