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Cattail Mosquito

Coquillettidia perturbans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 497, February 533, March 584, April 956, May 1,240, June 615, July 498, August 481, September 581, October 536, November 445, December 455.
United States51,891
Virginia7,422
Canada6,758
Ontario6,200
Michigan4,609
Maryland4,137
Minnesota2,581
Iowa2,421
Illinois2,399
Wisconsin2,155

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
GenusCoquillettidia

Sources

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