Aedes Aegypti Adaptations

Aedes Aegypti or the Egyptian Mosquito lives across rainforests and other biomes. It’s a hardy insect, but climate change would force several adaptations to occur. The climate changes affecting it are increased heat and loss of habitat. These changes will cause the mosquito’s rainforests to become flat dry plains. My predicted adaptations of the mosquito are labeled in my drawing and include the inference that mosquitoes will grow smaller because they will be hatched in higher temperatures than their current environment. I also predict they will become fully nocturnal hunters to stay cool and better sense heat signatures. Another heat related adaptation for the mosquito would be a stronger immune system to counteract the effects of the increased heat. Due to the lightly colored plains of their new habitat, mosquitoes would grow lighter pigmentation to better camouflage. Finally, the mosquito would develop a more powerful carbon dioxide sensing neuron.