Ades Mosquito (Aedes aegypti)

-       Adult has black and white markings
-       Larval rest 45 degree from the surface of the water
-       Egg is black in color and shape like a rugby ball
-       Egg to adult stage takes 6-8 days, Complete metamorphosis – egg, larval, pupa and adult
-       Habitat – container breeder especially man-made containers with clean water
-       Biting peaks at change of light intensity (after sunrise and before sunset)
-       Prefer darker colors like black and red)

Anophele Mosquito ( Anopheles spp.)

-       Adult – pate and dark marks on its wings and resting 45 degree angle to the surface
-       Larval rest parallel to surface of the water
-       Egg is about 1mm long and has floats on its sides
-       Egg to adult stage takes 6-10 days, Complete metamorphosis – egg, larval, pupa and adult
-       Habitat – prefer clean and unpolluted water
-       Bite at night and rest indoor and outdoor (depends on species) * Prefer darker colors
-       Female with one blood meal can lay 50-150 eggs
-       Main vector for Malaria

Culex Mosquito (Culex tritaeniorhynchus)

-       Adult – thorax, legs and veins on the wings are always covered with brown scales
-       Dull in color. The tip of the abdomen is always blunt
-       Larval rest 45 degree from the surface of the water
-       Egg is brown, long and cylindrical, vertical on water surface, cemented in a raft of 300 eggs. Raft usually3-4mm

        long and 2-3mm wide

-       Bite at night and usually rest indoor before and after the blood meal, prefer darker colors & long distance filters
-       Main vector for Japanese B – Encephalitis.