That's not the only danger the mosquito faces when emerging from the cocoon; new difficulties await it. Let's give some thought to the situation of the mosquito as it attempts to extract itself from the tight-fitting cocoon enclosing it: If it loses its balance, the cocoon may turn upside down. The mosquito may come into contact with the water as it emerges and get wet. Both possibilities would mean death by drowning for the mosquito.

The mosquito emerges from its underwater world with everything it needs for the outside world: Its wings are formed underwater. The special blood-sucking mechanism is formed underwater. The special fluid that prevents the blood clotting and numbs the tissue of the victim is formed underwater. The special receptive system that detects the location of prey is formed underwater. The superb perceptive skill that is even able to differentiate the frequency of the female’s wing beat is formed underwater. Vision is also developed underwater. The perfectly created mosquito leaves the water and sets foot in the outside world, as if coming from a state of non-existence into our world. It is God Who knows every form of creation and creates in perfection.

If there were no such feature on the mosquito's feet, the animal would drown in the cocoon before emerging on to the water.

After extracting itself from the cocoon, the mosquito rests for a while on the water and then flies off.

Of course there are other aspects of this miraculous transformation that should be given due consideration:

- The larva living in the water has no way of knowing what flying is. Yet the wings it needs to fly have developed perfectly while it is still in the water.

- It would mean the end of the mosquito if the development of the wings enabling it to fly and the formation of the feet enabling it to stay on the surface of the water were not completed while it was still in the water. The mosquito would drown as soon as it emerged from the pupa. However, everything is ready on time.

When we think about all the stages the mosquito goes through, from being laid as an egg in water until the time of flight, we can see that this in itself is a miracle of creation. There are hundreds of danger ous turning points that the mosquito passes through until it comes into the outside world. Thanks to the fine balance and timing inherent in each of these, the mosquito passes through the critical points and its life commences as a mature mosquito.

As we have seen, there is a flawless and extremely detailed design at work in the mosquito. Therefore even a mosquito is an important evidence of the magnificence of God's creation. God makes us aware of this reality in a verse of the Qur'an: "God is not ashamed to make an example of a mosquito…" (Qur'an, 2:26). As is the case with every living or non-living form of existence in the universe, this little creature is also a manifestation of the signs of our Lord.