What Are The Most Common Types of Mosquitoes Found in India? And What Are the Diseases Caused by Them?

Introduction

       Are you annoyed by mosquitoes? Definitely, you must be. Everybody is. They are everywhere and spread harmful pathogens at an alarming rate. To make your life’s problem worse they are available in different varieties also, which means they spread many different diseases. In this blog, you are going to be informed about the most common types of mosquitoes and the diseases caused by them. If you are tired of mosquito-related problems then you can get help from Pepstop pest control services thane. We are a professional pest control service provider. Apart from Mosquito control services, we also provide several other pest control services. Get more information regarding this on our website https://www.pepstoppestcontrol.com. 

Some Facts About Mosquitoes

1. Mosquitoes may have a small size, but they are one of the most dangerous animals in the world. They are the vector for various diseases like Malaria, dengue, chikungunya, etc.
2. They can consume three times the blood of their own weight. But the lifespan of mosquitoes is very low, of the order of 2 months. Only the female mosquitoes bite us and use the blood to reproduce 300 eggs at once.
3. Mosquitoes are a part of the Culicidae family.
4. A more dangerous fact about mosquitoes is that there are 3500 varieties of mosquitoes species available.
5. Their life-cycle consists of the following three phases, viz. Egg, larva, pupa, and adult stage. Female mosquitoes generally bite during the adult stage of their life. When they bite they spread the saliva and harmful pathogens to our body that causes the disease.
6. There are mainly 3 prominent mosquitoes that cause various diseases to us, viz. Aedes, Culex, and Anopheles.

What Are The Most Common Mosquitoes and Most Common Diseases Caused by Them? 

Aedes :

• These mosquitoes are identified by the white marking on their legs and marking in the form of a lyre on the upper surface of their thorax. 
• Chikungunya, Dengue, rift valley fever, yellow fever, lymphatic filariasis, and Zika are some of the diseases that are caused by these mosquitoes. ‘Yellow fever mosquitoes’ is another name for them.
• To get rid of these dengue-causing mosquitoes you can use mosquito repellent that contains DEET(N, N-diethyl meta toluamide, 20% to 30%). 
• They mostly come into action at dusk, dawn, or in cloudy weather. They breed in the stagnant water.

Culex:

• These are small and black mosquitoes. Their size varies from 4 to 10mm. 
• Japanese encephalitis, lymphatic filariasis, and West Nile fever are some of the diseases caused by these mosquitoes. 
• The development cycle of these mosquitoes is about 2 weeks in the warm water. 
• During the Dusk and dawn period, they bite us. They lay eggs in the stagnant water and grow their population.
• To get rid of them you can use mosquito nets and repellants.

Anopheles:

• In the adult phase, Anopheles mosquitoes are dark brown and have three sections viz. Head, thorax, and abdomen. 
• The Anopheles genus has around 460 recognized species. From them, around 100 species can transmit the malaria disease, and around 40-60 can transmit plasmodium parasites. Lymphatic filariasis and Malaria are the diseases that are caused by these mosquitoes. 
• Only the female anopheles mosquitoes bite us and use this blood for their reproduction. 
• To get rid of these mosquitoes you can use mosquito nets and mosquito repellants. 

Conclusion

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Key Takeaways

• Everybody is annoyed by mosquitoes. They spread a number of diseases like Malaria, dengue, chikungunya, etc.
• There are 3500 varieties of mosquito species. The life-cycle of mosquitoes consists of the following three phases, viz. Egg, larva, pupa, and adult stage.
• Only female adult mosquitoes bite us and use the blood in their reproduction process.
• There are mainly 3 prominent mosquitoes viz. Aedes, Culex, and Anopheles. 
• Chikungunya, Dengue, rift valley fever, yellow fever, lymphatic filariasis, and Zika are some of the diseases that are caused by Aedes mosquitoes.
• Japanese encephalitis, lymphatic filariasis, and West Nile fever are some of the diseases caused by Culex mosquitoes.
•  Lymphatic filariasis and Malaria are diseases that are caused by Anopheles mosquitoes.