Name the four life stages of mosquitoes in order.

• A. Eggs, Nymph, Pupa, Adult
• B. Eggs, Larva, Pupa, Adult
• C. Eggs, Larval stage, Pupa, Adult
• D. Egg, Nymph, Adult, Pupa

Answer: (C)

Mosquitoes undergo complete metamorphosis, so their life cycle has four distinct stages in a fixed order: egg, larva, pupa, then adult. The option that lists eggs first, then the larval stage, then pupa, then adult matches this sequence exactly. The larval stage is simply another way to name the immature, aquatic larva, so this phrasing is a correct way to express the same progression. The other possibilities break this pattern—some imply a nymph stage, which mosquitoes do not have, or place stages in an incorrect order (for example, an adult before the pupal stage).