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Inland Floodwater Mosquito

Aedes vexans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 4,603, February 4,722, March 7,472, April 14,626, May 28,099, June 13,169, July 9,914, August 8,965, September 9,429, October 7,719, November 4,827, December 4,305.
United States416,944
Canada124,929
Ontario117,849
Illinois93,084
Iowa83,195
Michigan82,586
Indiana38,767
North Dakota21,096
Minnesota15,525
Virginia13,036

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • Blood-feedingFeeds on bloodFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • BitingFrom its classification
  • AllergenicCommon cause of allergic reactionsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyMosquitoes · Culicidae
GenusAedes

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