The life cyle of mosquitoes

They have the ability to ruin a summer evening with their blood-thirsty ways. George Novak gets up close with mosquitoes. These close up images were taken at 5x optical magnification. The extreme close up images at 10x optical magnification using a Nikon microscope lens mounted on to the camera. The images were taken under controlled environmental conditions.

No matter of the water quality mosquitoes start their life cycle in the water. After the mosquito hatches from the egg turns into a larvae, feeding on bacteria, unicellular organism or organic matter. Photo / George Novak

Image 1 of 6: No matter of the water quality mosquitoes start their life cycle in the water. After the mosquito hatches from the egg turns into a larvae, feeding on bacteria, unicellular organism or organic matter. Photo / George Novak