Extermination Service"Mosquito”
Mosquitoes have a complete growth cycle (Complete Metamorphosis), meaning their growth changes shape each stage differently. They are divided into four stages: the egg stage, the larvae, the pupa, and the adult stage. During growth in each stage, molting is required. Each type of mosquito has a unique long life cycle. For example, Aedes mosquitoes last about seven days.
1. The Egg Stage
The eggs take 2-3 days to hatch into larvae. In some species of mosquitoes, eggs can remain dry for months to years. When there is water, it will hatch into larvae. Egg-laying sites for each type of mosquito are also different. For example, Aedes mosquitoes like to lay their eggs in artificial water containers. The culex mosquito likes to lay eggs in various dirty water sources, such as wastewater from the sewer. However, if they cannot find the water condition they want, they may also lay eggs in unfitting water conditions. Many scientists reported that one of the factors that help female mosquitoes know where to lay their eggs in certain chemicals in the water. The chemicals might be diglycerides produced by mosquito larvae living in that water supply, fatty acids from bacteria, or phenolic compounds from aquatic plants.
2. The Larva Stage
Each type of mosquito larva lives in different kinds of water, such as places with logged water, ponds, swamps, streams, tree hollows, leaf sheaths holding water, etc. Most mosquito larvae float to the surface to breathe with a breathing tube called a siphon, except Anopheles mosquitoes that do not have a breathing tube. Instead, it lies parallel to the water's surface with palmate hair that helps it float and breathe through spiracles on the sides of its chest and body. In comparison, Mansonia uses breathing tubes, which are short and sharp, to penetrate aquatic plants and breathe oxygen through the roots of aquatic plants. The food of mosquito larvae is small organisms in the water, such as bacteria, yeast, and algae. The larvae molt four times. Growth in the larval stage takes about 7-10 days, depending on the type of larvae, food, temperature, and density of larvae.
3. The Pupa Stage
The shape of the pupa is different from the shape of the larvae. The pupa's head connects to the thorax with a shape that looks like a comma (,). At this stage, they will not eat but move quickly. There are a pair of breathing tubes on the head called trumpets. This stage takes only 1-3 days to grow.
4. The Adult Stage
The mosquito is divided into three parts.
The head is round, connected to the thorax, consisting of 1 pair of eyes. Mosquito eyes are compound eyes, one pair of antennae, labial palpi, and an organ for piercing and sucking, proboscis, which looks like a long, slender rod like a needle for stabbing and sucking food.
Mosquitoes' antennae are divided into 15 segments that can be used to identify gender. Each segment has hairs around it. In female mosquitoes, these hairs are short and sparse, called pliose antennae, while in males, hairs are long and bushy, called plumose antennae. Mosquito antennae are organs used to receive sound waves. The male will use their antennae to hear the female's wings flapping, smell, and sense air humidity.
are organs used to receive sound waves. The male will use their antennae to hear the female's wings flapping, smell, and sense air humidity.
Their abdomen is round and long, consisting of 10 segments, of which only eight can be seen clearly. Segments 9-10 will later be adapted as reproductive organs in male mosquitoes. This segment can be used to distinguish mosquito species.
The Arkon team has continually received knowledge training about mosquito behavior and its biology. This allows us to use various integrated methods for effective mosquito extermination. We will choose the right chemicals and tools to eliminate mosquitoes in each stage of their life cycle. To control and reduce the number of mosquito populations to a minimum with the following methods:
- Use fog machine outside the building to eliminate mosquitoes
- Spray mosquito repellent with safe and stable chemicals using a ULV mist sprayer with particles as small as 10 microns.
- Sprinkle Abate Sand on still water sources to get rid of the emerging larvae and eggs of mosquitoes.
