The diagram depicts the life cycle of the female mosquito.
Overall, a female mosquito subsequently goes through seven stages throughout its life, which happens within six to eight weeks. The first six stages happen underwater, beginning with the egg hatching by which the hatchling emerges and goes through the larval stage, then the pupal stage and finally on land, reaching adulthood. Molting of the larvae’s outer skin takes place between each larval and pupal stage.
In the first week, the female mosquito is in the egg form. The egg hatches to begin the larval stage which begins on the second week. There are four larval stages in total, each lasting one week. The larvae noticably grows larger and larger as a result of each of the larval stage.
On the sixth week, it enters the pupal stage. Its exterior shifts into a curved state as compared to its larvae stages’ straight one. This stage goes on for one to two weeks. Finally, on the seventh or eight week, it emerges as an adult female mosquito.