What is a green mosquito?

Green mosquitoes are chironomid mosquitoes, with various body colors, such as white, yellow, light green, black, etc., and may have bright spots. The body has no scales. The head is relatively small, the compound eyes are developed, and small hairs can be born between small eyes. No one eye. The degradation of antenna mast is almost invisible; Stems developed and spherical; The whiplash joint is filiform. Degeneration of mouthparts.

Chironomid hermaphrodite. In the warm season, there is enough food in the water, and the eggs laid by female chironomid mosquitoes do not need fertilization. They lay a few to dozens of eggs at a time, and develop into chironomids directly in the hatching sac of the mother. These small chironomids are usually females.

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Chironomid larvae inhabit a variety of habitats, including muddy bottom, shallow sewage pits with little oxygen content, various ponds and lakes, rivers and streams with high oxygen content, and some extreme environments, such as salt lakes, hot springs and shallow seas. Some kinds of larvae live in soil rich in organic matter.

Chironomid mosquitoes are widely distributed in geography. It is reported that chironomid larvae range from tropical swamps to polar regions, from lowlands to glacial water at an altitude of 5600 meters. The pupa stage is generally short, only a few hours or days. Pupa can swim freely, or live in a nest tube at the bottom of the water, and emerge before emergence.