Fig. 2

Termination of the embryonic diapause in the mosquito (post-diapause). 1 Return to normal conditions (temperature and photoperiod) that signal the end of diapause. 2 Post-diapause embryo under favorable conditions responds to the stimuli of relative humidity increase and optimal temperature in the environment, resulting in larval hatching. 3 Post-diapause embryo under non-favorable abiotic conditions is sensitive to environmental stimuli but remains dormant in a quiescent state (post-diapause quiescence) until the temperature and relative humidity become ideal for larval hatching. The dynamics of quiescence are the same as post-diapause quiescence