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• Females live from 3 to 100 days and males live from 10 to 20 days.
• Mosquitoes are a pest, the female drinks blood which causes painful swelling and they can carry diseases.
• Mosquitos are found around water and in muggy places.
• Mosquito eggs float on water.
• Mosquitoes shed their skin 4 times, growing bigger after each molt. 
• Females can lay about 1,000 to 3,000 eggs in her lifetime.
• There are 140 species, the scientific name for one type is Culex.

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