# Mosquitoes in the Winter

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 12, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoes-in-the-winter/325966 "2005-10-12T21:46:57Z")\
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Where do mosquitoes and flies go in the winter?

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Most mosquitoes overwinter as eggs, but in some adult females more-or-less hiberate in leaves and bark.

[http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/mosquitoes.html](http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/mosquitoes.html)