Where do the mosquitoes go in winter?

In winter, when the temperature drops, mosquitoes die in large numbers, and a small number of mosquitoes hide in holes or heated places to survive.

Mosquitoes have a shorter lifespan, female mosquitoes have a longer lifespan, about 3-100 days, and die after one to two months after mating, male mosquitoes have a shorter lifespan, about 10-20 days, and will die after 7-10 days of mating.

Summer is the "highlight moment" of the mosquito, and in winter, its regular physiological state is inhibited and enters a dormant or diapause state. Often hidden in caves, cellars, wall cracks, greenhouses, basements and other dark, warm, humid, unventilated places, do not eat or move, metabolism to the lowest point; It is not until the following spring, when the mosquitoes begin to revive and fly out to suck blood and lay eggs.

Most of the mosquitoes in winter are dead, and some hide in warm places for the winter. Mosquitoes prefer a high temperature environment, if the temperature is below 10 degrees, the activity of mosquitoes will be greatly reduced, and they will stop breeding, and some mosquitoes that are not frost resistant will slowly die.

Mosquito. Mosquitoes, belonging to the order Diptera, the mosquito family, also known as "mosquitoes", are the most important group of medical insects. Mosquitoes are widely distributed and have many species, and so far a total of 3 subfamilies, 35 genera, and more than 3,600 species and subspecies of mosquitoes have been recorded in the world.

Male and female mosquitoes have different feeding habits, and male mosquitoes are "vegetarian" and feed exclusively on the nectar of plants and the sap in fruits, stems, and leaves.

Female mosquitoes must suck blood from their ovaries in order to develop and reproduce. Female mosquitoes mostly start to suck blood 2 to 3 days after emergence, and various factors such as temperature, humidity, and light can affect the blood-sucking activities of mosquitoes.

In winter, mosquitoes hide in basements, air-raid shelters, warehouses, flower houses, pipes, wall cracks, wardrobes, corridors, gutters, under beds, sewers, etc.

The living conditions of mosquitoes have a great relationship with temperature, the most active temperature of mosquitoes is 28 degrees to 30 degrees, and they begin to react slowly around 16 degrees, and they basically freeze to death in a few days below zero. Of course, there will be some mosquitoes with strong adversity ability that have not been frozen to death, and they will choose to hibernate to preserve their strength.

Therefore, mosquitoes hide around us in winter, such as basements, air-raid shelters, warehouses, flower houses, pipes, wall cracks, wardrobes, corridors, gutters, underneath beds, sewers, etc. They are diabetic in these places, generally speaking, because the outside is too cold to slow down the metabolism, and secrete a substance that produces a large amount of glycerol, so that the water in the body will not destroy the cells due to cold temperature freezing.

An easy way to get rid of mosquitoes

1. Pour the laundry detergent mixed with soapy water into a small basin filled with water, and put it in the corner of the ground, and after three days, the number of mosquitoes will drop sharply. The fragrance of laundry detergent and soap silk is used to induce mosquitoes to lay eggs, because laundry detergent and soap silk are alkaline substances, mosquito eggs cannot survive in an alkaline environment.

2. According to the law of mosquito activity, it is best to light mosquito coils in the evening, close the doors and windows first, and when the indoor smoke is large, mosquitoes will fly to the doors and windows or land on the walls, so quickly slap them. Then extinguish the mosquito coils, open the window and leave the screen window to breathe, and you can sleep well after the smoke clears.