The average time for development through several nauplia larval stages is 22 days for females and 18 for males.

Their larval development is metamorphic, and the embryos are carried attached to the underside of the first abdominal somite.

Mesocyclops longisetus is a predator and feeds on mosquito larvae, including C. quinquefasciatus, with the predatory efficiency against the first and second instars being 84 and 63% respectively.

Another method of killing the mosquito larvae is the use of silver nanoparticles synthesized with the help of the green seaweed Caulerpa scalpelliformis.

[6] A trial in Florida which studied the rainwater that accumulates in containers such as tyres, plastic buckets and flower vases, showed that the larvae of the mosquitoes Aedes albopictus, Ochlerotatus triseriatus, and Culex quinquefasciatus could be eliminated by the introduction into the containers of M.