The Mosquitoes of New Jersey 



General Life Habits 



The mosquito passes through four stages of existence : adult, egg, 

 larva, and pupa. 



Fi«- I Diagrammatic Life History of Three Typical Species— House of Mos- 

 quito, Salt-Marsh Mosquito, and Malarial Mosquito. 



I, egg; 2, new 



ly hatched larva ; 3, developed larva ; 4, pupa ; 5, adult. 



While with the adult we are all familiar, our acquaintance in- 

 cludes only such of the females as approach us for blood-sucking 

 purposes. Those females that feed upon the blood of wild animals, 



