Culex quinquefasciatus is a mosquitoe which came from the southern house mosquito. It can be found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Below are the informations regarding C. quinquefasciatus: Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species: C. quinquefasciatus
The female mosquito has a medium sized body with a brownish appearance. The proboscis is dark but often has a pale scaling midway on the underside. The wings are all dark scaled with hind legs which have a femur pale almost to the tip.
C. quinquefasciatus usually breed in polluted waters such as blocked drains, damaged septic tanks, or soak age pools close to human habitation (Sakthivadivel et al., 2014). For …show more content…
Each mosquito alters its wing-beat frequency in response to the flight tone of the other, so that within seconds their flight tone frequencies are closely matched, if not completely synchronized. As for C. quinquefasciatus, the wing-beat frequencies of the males and females differ considerably. They match through the the nearest shared harmonic. Then the final stimulus for the mating is the species-specific chemicals on the surface of the body of females which are sensed by a male when the male makes contact with the …show more content…
They seem to be building their nest in the wood of the tree. Some parts of the tree were actually missing indicating that the termites have been feeding on it. The carton nest material that is made of termite excrements, chewed wood, and soil can be seen on the woods. This creature seemed to try to hide once the nest was discovered at that time.
For mating activity of C. formosanus, after a brief flight, the alates will shed its wings. Once the mate is found after the swarming and breaking off of their wings, the male and female will search for a crevice in the wood or damp ground. They will hollow out a small chamber and start to crawl inside. The pair will be known as the king and queen which will mate and the queen will start to lay eggs within a few days. Usually the eggs can be produced up to 2000 eggs per day.
This queen can live extraordinarily long live which is approximately 15 to 30 years long. A colony usually have a king, queen, workers, soldiers, and reproductives or alates (winged termites). The workers play a role in providing the food by feeding the larvae while soldiers defend the nest from predators and other natural enemies. The reproductives play a role in breeding the
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species: C. quinquefasciatus
The female mosquito has a medium sized body with a brownish appearance. The proboscis is dark but often has a pale scaling midway on the underside. The wings are all dark scaled with hind legs which have a femur pale almost to the tip.
C. quinquefasciatus usually breed in polluted waters such as blocked drains, damaged septic tanks, or soak age pools close to human habitation (Sakthivadivel et al., 2014). For …show more content…
Each mosquito alters its wing-beat frequency in response to the flight tone of the other, so that within seconds their flight tone frequencies are closely matched, if not completely synchronized. As for C. quinquefasciatus, the wing-beat frequencies of the males and females differ considerably. They match through the the nearest shared harmonic. Then the final stimulus for the mating is the species-specific chemicals on the surface of the body of females which are sensed by a male when the male makes contact with the …show more content…
They seem to be building their nest in the wood of the tree. Some parts of the tree were actually missing indicating that the termites have been feeding on it. The carton nest material that is made of termite excrements, chewed wood, and soil can be seen on the woods. This creature seemed to try to hide once the nest was discovered at that time.
For mating activity of C. formosanus, after a brief flight, the alates will shed its wings. Once the mate is found after the swarming and breaking off of their wings, the male and female will search for a crevice in the wood or damp ground. They will hollow out a small chamber and start to crawl inside. The pair will be known as the king and queen which will mate and the queen will start to lay eggs within a few days. Usually the eggs can be produced up to 2000 eggs per day.
This queen can live extraordinarily long live which is approximately 15 to 30 years long. A colony usually have a king, queen, workers, soldiers, and reproductives or alates (winged termites). The workers play a role in providing the food by feeding the larvae while soldiers defend the nest from predators and other natural enemies. The reproductives play a role in breeding the