Many insects, such as mosquitoes and dragonflies, spend their juvenile stage as aquatic larvae before becoming winged and airborne adults. most years, the populations of these insects in the tropical rainforest remain fairly constant throughout the year. what might account for this?

 Most years, the populations of these insects in the tropical rainforest remain fairly constant throughout the year because in summer as the permafrost melts, pools of water which serves as a suitable breeding environment for the insects are in abundance and it helps to maintain their population.

the answer is sex-linked recessive.