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Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 761, February 727, March 826, April 1,568, May 961, June 466, July 419, August 433, September 514, October 548, November 714, December 692.
United States17,673
Texas8,629
Mexico1,606
Hidalgo1,132
California814
Brazil223
Arizona162
Argentina157
Hawaii126
Virginia106

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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