Habitat: Shaded areas, stagnant water, clogged gutters.
Behavior: Dust and dawn feeders, attracted to carbon dioxide, and movement.
Breeding: Each female can lay up to 500 eggs at a time.
Interesting Mosquito Facts
Mosquitoes are known on Earth from as far back as the Triassic Period – 400 million years ago. They are known from North America from the Cretaceous – 100 million years ago.
There are about 2,700 species of mosquito. There are 176 species in the United States.
The average mosquito weighs about 2.5 milligrams.
The average mosquito takes in about 5-millionths of a liter of blood during feeding.
Mosquitoes find hosts by sight (they observe movement); by detecting infra-red radiation emitted by warm bodies; and by chemical signals (mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide and lactic acid, among other chemicals) at distances of 25 to 35 meters.
Mosquitoes fly an estimated 1 to 1.5 miles per hour.
Bigger people are often more attractive to mosquitoes because they are larger targets and they produce more mosquito attractants, namely CO2 and lactic acid.
Active or fidgety people also produce more CO2 and lactic acid.
Women are usually more attractive to mosquitoes than men because of the difference in hormones produced by the sexes.
Blondes tend to be more attractive to mosquitoes than brunettes.
CT DEP License #B-1422
Approved by the state of Connecticut and the D.E.P to provide pest control services to its facilities.
