The Mosquito

One interesting fact

The mosquito is a solitary insect. Solitary means to be alone or to live with a pal.

Did you know that a mosquito lived near the time of the dinosaurs?

Written and Illustrated by Narialyz Rodriguez

The Mosquito lives in rivers, ponds, lakes, streams or pools of standing water.

The mosquito has 3 body parts. They are the head, thorax, and abdomen. It has 6 legs. Also, a mosquito has an exoskeleton and it has a long needle like mouth part that is used to drink food.

The life cycle of a mosquito is egg, larva, pupa and adult. It is called complete metamorphosis.

A mosquito is a foe because it carries different diseases. If a mosquito bites you can get a disease.

A mosquito is very very greedy most of the time.

My name is Narialyz. I am currently 8 years old and I live in Rochester, NY. Many people are interested to know that I want to be a artist when I grow up. I live with my mom, dad, sisters and my brother. I particularly enjoy writing about insects. I find insects to be very interesting, colorful and exciting.

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