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"Mosquito larvae have a well-developed head with mouth brushes used for feeding, a large thorax with no legs and a segmented abdomen.
Larvae breathe through spiracles located on the eighth abdominal segment, or through a siphon, and therefore must come to the surface frequently. The larvae spend most of their time feeding on algae, bacteria, and other micro-organisms in the surface microlayer. They dive below the surface only when disturbed. Larvae swim either through propulsion with the mouth brushes,or by jerky movements of the entire body, giving them the common name of "wigglers" or "wrigglers"."
Mosquito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito (Accessed 22 February 2011)