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Marvelous Mosquito
by Maggie

- 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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