Mosquitoes

• The average lifespan of the female mosquito is 3 to 100 days; the male is 10 to 20 days.
  
  
• Mosquito adults feed on flower nectar and juices of fruits for flight energy. The female requires blood meal for egg development.
  
  
• Depending on species, female mosquitoes may lay 100 to 300 eggs at a time and may average 1,000 to 3,000 during their life span.
  
  
• The mosquitoes remain within a 1 mile radius of their breeding site.
  
  
• Several species of mosquito are known carriers of significant disease of man and domestic animals
  
  
• Worldwide, mosquito-born diseases kill more people than any other single factor. In the United States, mosquitoes spread several types of encephalitis, dog heartworm, and malaria.