Mosquitoes also have a pair of veined wings. They have a straw-like proboscis and can only eat liquids. The complete life-cycle of a mosquito takes about a month. After drinking blood, adult females lay 40 to 400 tiny white eggs in standing water or very slow-moving water. Larvae eat bits of floating organic matter and each other.
Pupae also live near the surface of the water, breathing through a horn-like tube on their back.
Pupae do not eat. An adult emerges from a pupa when the skin splits after a few days. The adult lives for only a few weeks. Without our visitors' support, Enchanted Learning would soon be off-line.