Mosquitoes don't bite people in winter, so where are they hiding? They may be thinking about next year's birth plan. The life-and-death struggle between mosquitoes and humans The chill that comes with the wind shows that the harsh winter in the north is approaching.
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As the temperature gradually drops, the harsh winter in the north is coming, and it is a new round of survival challenges for the creatures of nature, in the process, the light creature of mosquitoes seems to be particularly fragile and becomes a victim of the cold snap, but the experimental data shows the amazing vitality of these seemingly weak creatures, even if humans pay a huge price to completely eradicate them.
Research data show that even in a low temperature environment of minus 5 degrees Celsius, ordinary house mosquitoes can still survive for up to 48 hours, and what is even more amazing is that the vitality of flies under the same conditions can reach 5 days, even in the extremely cold environment, mosquitoes and flies have not been completely eliminated, they seem to have a mysterious survival law.
When winter comes, when the indoor temperature drops above minus 12 degrees, mosquitoes begin to weaken their activities and stop foraging, and they have been pecking at humans in the corners, but they have disappeared without a trace, leaving only some traces in places where the heating is sufficient, such as behind the TV and under the refrigerator.
This seems to indicate that, like humans, these insects choose a relatively warm little corner, huddle into a ball and go into hibernation, during which they stop going out to forage for food, and all life activities go into a state of stagnation, patiently waiting for the next spring to return to the earth and the sun to restore their courage to go out.
According to statistics, mosquitoes have a considerable ability to hibernate for 5 to 6 months, and this mysterious hibernation journey of mosquitoes makes people wonder where they hide in the cold winter, perhaps they are looking for a warm haven, waiting for the start of the next life cycle.
However, mosquitoes do not passively wait for their fate, they have a wonderful survival strategy, when the indoor temperature drops above minus 12 degrees, the mosquitoes seem to enter a state of hibernation, but this does not mean that they stop their plans to reproduce, on the contrary, the vitality of mosquitoes is particularly tenacious at this stage.
In this mysterious hibernation state, some adult female mosquitoes who have sucked blood will accumulate a lot of energy and nutrients before winter, and then enter a deep dormant state, and wait until the spring returns to the earth in March of the following year, when the sun is abundant, these "sleeping beauty" will usher in a real awakening, begin to mate, reproduce, this seemingly miraculous diapause state has become an important cornerstone of the amazing continuation of the mosquito population.
In addition to hibernation, some mature female mosquitoes will choose to lay eggs directly in the fall, these small eggs have amazing vitality, withstand the harsh winter, hatch in the second year, and the newborn baby mosquitoes will also mature quickly in the sun, starting a new round of reproduction and plundering journey.
The survival of mosquito colonies allows them to survive in the cold winters, which explains why mosquitoes were not completely wiped out even during the freezing ice age.
The reproduction rate of mosquitoes is so fast, it only takes 7~10 days from eggs to adults, and each female mosquito can lay more than 1,000 eggs at a time, which makes them survive even in the barren and cold winter days in the wild.
One might wonder why not eradicate mosquitoes altogether if they are so annoying? It seems like an almost unachievable task, and even if 99 percent of the world's mosquitoes were eradicated, only 1 percent could be restored in a year.
Mosquitoes are so vigorous that they are almost impossible to eradicate completely, and even if they are successful, it is difficult for humans to reap tangible benefits from them, and it is more practical to take effective measures to prevent mosquito breeding from now on.
The miracle of mosquito survival stems from its tenacious vitality and reproduction, even in the cold winter, mosquitoes can survive through hibernation and diapause and other survival methods, completely exterminating mosquitoes is almost an impossible task, and from now on to take scientific and reasonable prevention and control measures, is a more practical and feasible approach.
Information sources: Life Evening News, Sina.com
