• Mosquitoes like all innsects are composed of a head region, thorax, and abdomen
• nAll insects have three sets of legs
• nInsects can have one set of wings or two sets of wings, mosquitoes belong to the group of insects called diptera (which means two wings)
• nMost have a hard exoskeleton (no bones) made out of a material called chitin
• nInsects do not have lungs – breathe through spiricles, similar to pores
• Mosquitoes begin life in the water, click here to learn more about the mosquito lifecycle
• Click here to learn about mosquito habitat