largest mosquito on earth - crane-fly.It can be found in the bush all the rain forests and parks, on the banks of ponds or rivers.In old Russia were called karamorami.Folklore mentioned them in proverbs and tales.Hence, we know the "mosquito-komarische", "mosquito that at gunpoint dix" and many of the characters of fairy tales.
happens that these long-legged mosquitoes fly into people's homes and that causes panic.Fortunately, I do not worry, because the big mosquito - is harmless insects that feed exclusively on nectar of flowers.Neither man nor animal, he does no harm.Their voracious larvae eat decaying plant residues, so their presence in the puddles formed in the garden is very helpful.
live and reproduce them wherever climatic conditions contribute to this.For example, in North Africa, a large mosquito reach gigantic proportions - up to ten centimeters.Many crane flies have in Europe, there are more common types having a length of six centimeters.Asian forests and swamps are home to many species of crane flies are very different in size.
itself a large mosquito is small.Its size depends on the length of the legs.His slightly elongated head comprises nineteen small segments that are well-pollinating plants during feeding on nectar.The eyes are very large.Two of them, but the vision is organized mosaic perception, that is, each eye is the eye of several plates, collecting a total picture in parts.
Call moisture - a very important instinct, which has a large mosquito.As soon as the time comes to lay her eggs, the female mosquito looking for a reservoir.This can be a pond, and perhaps a common pool or tub of water.Eggs are laid directly on the surface of the water.Hatched larvae in two weeks have respiratory organ in his long ponytail.To avoid attracting birds who love to collect surface water insects, larvae of crane fly flipped upside down and caught, tails of a surface film of water, take in oxygen for breathing and light to grow.Sensing the danger, or the excitement of the water, the larvae briskly dive to the bottom of the pond, where they feed on plant remains.
Even under favorable conditions, life expectancy is low mosquito.In summer, the female does not live more than two months, and the male - is much smaller.Females are born in late summer, are not engaged in breeding offspring.Their task is to accumulate nutrients for successful wintering.In the event of cold weather fertilized female hammered into the slot and falls asleep before the arrival of spring.When the weather conditions are suitable for the life of the mosquito, she wakes up and immediately proceed to the fertility, ie finds a pond and lays its eggs in it.Spring mating mating mosquito does not happen.
Like other species of mosquito, the mosquito has a high value in nature.Its development and multiplication is a very valuable link in the food chain streamlined our environment.
