In Mississippi there are an estimated 200 mosquito control programs. The one thing all mosquitoes have in common is water. The female mosquito lays her eggs in water or in places where water will be eventually. Examples of the latter include low places which will become puddles after rain and containers which hold water after rain. The eggs hatch in water and the larvae and pupae develop in water.
Mosquitoes are unusual in that they have an active pupal stage.
The mosquito pupa regularly comes to the water surface to breathe. Mosquito control around the home can be frustrating. Many species of mosquitoes are good fliers, able to fly miles from their watery larval home. There is not much that can be done to control these species around an individual residence. Other species however, never fly far from the water source from which they emerged.