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The upcoming discussion will update you about the differences between the Life History of Culex and Anopheles.
Difference # Culex:
1. Eggs are cigar shaped and laid vertically on the surface of dirty water in clusters forming rafts.
2. The eggs do no have lateral air floats.
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3. Female Culex lays 150 to 300 eggs at a time.
4. Larva is bottom feeder.
5. At rest, larve hangs obliquely from the surface of the water.
6. Respiratory siphon is long.
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7. Breathing trumpets are long.
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8. Greyish in colour.
9. Each paddle bears a single long spine.
10. Wings are without dark spots.
11. At rest, the body lies more or less parallel to the surface.
Difference # Anopheles:
1. Eggs are boat shaped and laid horizontally and singly on the surface of clear water.
2. Each egg has two lateral air floats.
3. Female Anopheles lays 40-100 eggs at a time.
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4. Larva is surface feeder.
5. At rest, the larva lives parallel to the surface of water.
6. Respiratory siphon is absent.
7. Breathing trumpets are short.
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8. Greenish in colour.
9. Each paddle bears two unequal spines,
10. Wings have dark spots.
11. At rest, body lies at an angle of 45° to the surface.
