Only the Anopheles mosquito can transmit malaria. Female mosquitoes lay their eggs in still water. The female bunches the eggs together into a raft. Other mosquitoes lay their eggs singly. The Anopheles mosquito's eggs have air chambers to keep them afloat.
Female mosquitoes can lay up to four hundred eggs if the mosquito has had a blood meal.
A blood meal occurs when the mosquito bites and sucks the blood from the mammal's system. Mosquitoes find their victims by following the trail of carbon dioxide that is exhaled. Only the females can penetrate the skin of a person. The eggs will hatch in about 24-72 hours depending on temperature of the water. When they hatch, out comes the larva from the egg.