Mosquito larva live in water, but must frequently come to the surface to breathe through a tube called a siphon. Larvae are constantly feeding because it requires a large amount of nutrients and energy to mature into adults. As it grows, it molts (sheds its skin) four times and then becomes a pupa.
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