Pupae do not eat during this stage. The other container is for the females to lay their eggs. These larvae are fed the larval stage of a species of Culex mosquitoes which also reproduce without a blood meal. The Culex are reared in same manner as the Toxorhynchites . The entire life cycle from egg to reproducing adults takes about a month under ideal conditions.
Adults die within a week or two of emerging.
The high-pitched whine so characteristic of mosquitoes is produced by the rapid beating of the male's wings. This annoying sound is the call of love, signaling availability to female mosquitoes. Tropical regions worldwide, with a few species encountered in the warmer parts of the north temperate zone.