Pest

MOSQUITO SPECIES THAT WERE COMMONLY FOUND IN SINGAPORE

	Aedes Mosquito	Culex Mosquito	Anopheles Mosquito
Adult Size	4-7mm in length	4-10mm	3-4.5mm
Appearance	Distinct black and white stripes on abdomen and legs, a lyre marking on its thorax	Pale and light brown or yellowish in colour	Light brown mosquitoes, with pale and dark scales on their legs, proboscises and wings
Behaviour	Bite during the day (at dawn and dusk), prefer dark colours (black and red)	Bites at night, rest indoor and after a blood meal, prefer dark colours	Nocturnal: mate, feed and oviposit at night, rest indoor or outdoor depending on species
Flight distance	50-100 meter	Long-distance fliers	Vary among species
Habitat	Breed in ground pool, tree holes and man-made containers, inside and outside houses, prefer clear water	Breed in ditches, water pool, blocked and stagnant drains, septic tanks and rice field, prefer polluted water	Prefer clean and unpolluted water, breed in temporary or permanent water bodies such as fresh or brackish water
Life cycle	6-8 days	10-12 days	16-18 days
Stage of Life Cycle	Egg -> Larvae -> Pupae -> Adult	Egg -> Larvae -> Pupae -> Adult	Egg -> Larvae -> Pupae -> Adult
Resting position	Parallel to the surface	Parallel to the surface	At an angle of about 45 degrees to the surface