Mosquito Life Cycle - UHD 4K

A compilation of my stock footage clips showing the life cycle of the mosquito Culex pipiens - eggs, larvae, pupae, males & female hatching. Male Culex pipiens feed on nectar from flowers, females feed on blood from mostly bird hosts.
Filmed on a Panasonic Lumix GH4 camera using Sigma and Nikon macro lenses.
Music Info: Cinematic Ambient by AShamaluevMusic

[Brianna-eonu]

Male mosquito: ah, yummy nectar... 😊🌸🌺

Female mosquito: TONIGHT, I DINE UPON BLOOD. 👁‍🗨👄👁‍🗨💉🩸

[ChadsCustomCreations]

In order to destroy my enemy I must first learn more about them.

[Tomahawk]

I started feeling very itchy towards the end of this video...

[EdwardChew]

Though we all hate mosquitos so much but your macro shot enlarging the mosquito really made me renew the way i see it as a creature.

[BMod]

2:42 I love how its first act as a mosquito is to blow a fart bubble into the air. How fitting.

[flameBMW]

I picked up 2 of those larvaes and put them on the ground and wiped the perimeter of the ground so that they dont breathe that long and it took them about 2-3 minutes before they stop moving
I picked them up with a bucket if youre curious

[MrSaljstn]

In order to effectively kill enemy i must know more them

[clarestrode]

Stunning video showing the fascinating metamorphosis of the mosquito. The music adds to beauty of it!

[pricklybat]

Hi I like to say thank u for Makin a vid for science cuz I need this for home work!

Hello Steve,
you did a very professional job with this valuable video. 👍

[theworthysoul]

I feel bad for mosquitoes. If in the past, that specific species that has malaria today had never been infected, they would be harmless and nobody would mind them. Malaria used to kill mosquitoes, but they evolved an immunity. Then Malaria began using mosquitoes as hosts to get into larger animals.

[pcdubya]

Awesome, something I cuss and swat every summer day, and you made it amazing and fascinating. Planet Earth worthy.

[ellenmonteiro]

Funfact: males collect nectar and females collect blood

[False_Death]

Friendly tip: One teaspoon of water can breed 100 mosquitos.

So check your yard and anything that holds water ESPECIALLY old tires. You need to empty them out because if you have a mosquito problem. Chances are they are breeding in some old bucket or tire and alot of species stay close to home. IE your yard.


Also. Minnows are your best friends against mosquitos.

If you can capture a bunch of minnows then you can release them into ponds and other things that hold water all year around.

Minnows eat mosquito larva. Remember that.

[IncompleteChimera]

As horrible as mosquitos are, insects on the whole are so fascinating to observe at their different life stages. They go through so many phases with wildly different body types, but all perfectly suited for the temporary lifestyles they have to live. Philosophically, is a larval mosquito just a transitional phase to creating an adult mosquito, or is an adult mosquito just a vessel with which to create more mosquito larva? An alien seeing a single snapshot would never think the two are the same creature...life is a very strange thing.

[glatchikit]

Life might be sometimes disgusting but it is always beautiful

[robertYTBg]

Incredible footage, especially liked the wee creature peering out of the drop of water. Thank you for posting.

[josephwickham]

These are professional cameraman I appreciate

[imluvinyourmum]

At no stage is this animal not creepy and it does 0 for the environment which is unusual, I'm convinced it's an alien creature

Awesome work! It almost made me had a bit of empathy towards these creatures.