Needs from its habitat:
Sugar
Small pool of water
Shelter
Blood from a small animal
Description:
| The female eastern treehole mosquito is less than half an inch long. It has 6 legs and three body sections (head,
thorax and abdomen). It is a dark mosquito with silvery scales on its sides. Males are smaller than females.
Diet:
Female mosquitoes need blood to make eggs. They feed on a variety of mammals, although they prefer to feed on chipmunks
and squirrels. Males and females will also feed on sugar from flowers and honeydew which they find on leaves.
Life Cycle:
Female mosquitoes lay their eggs in small pools of water in treeholes. Larvae (which look like worms) hatch
out of the eggs. The larvae live in water. The larvae become a pupa. After a few days, the pupa becomes and adult.
The adult females lay their eggs after biting an animal. The adult females usually only live for a week or two.
Range:
The treehole mosquito can be found in the eastern and southeastern regions of the US. The live in all parts of Georgia.
Dangers:
Treehole mosquitoes are affected when forests are cleared and when there is not enough rain to make pools of water in
treeholes.
