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==Life cycle==
The adults do not feed, and draw food from the larvae, which accumulate stores throughout their developmental stage. The female then catches an insect, most commonly the mosquito, and lays a batch of eggs on it.
The insect lands on a host, and the L1 larvae then hatch on the host, and quickly penetrate the skin. They then undergo a transformation to L2, and then subsequently to L3. The larve fully mature, and the move to the ground to pupate. Then then emerge later as adults.
*Eggs laid on blood sucking flies such as mosquitoes
*Eggs laid on blood sucking flies such as mosquitoes
**These hatch when the mosquito next lands on a warm blooded animal
**These hatch when the mosquito next lands on a warm blooded animal