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Woodland Pool Mosquito

Aedes canadensis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) sus_scrofa, some rights reserved (CC BY)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 418, February 448, March 491, April 804, May 1,042, June 517, July 418, August 404, September 488, October 451, November 374, December 382.
United States18,677
Virginia6,236
Canada4,604
Ontario2,046
Maryland1,639
Massachusetts1,593
Michigan1,589
Wisconsin1,115
Quebec1,097
Minnesota1,043

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Woodland Pool Mosquito with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.