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Asian Bush Mosquito

Aedes japonicus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 183, February 188, March 297, April 582, May 1,117, June 524, July 394, August 356, September 375, October 307, November 192, December 171.
United States20,649
Canada4,816
Ontario4,686
Michigan3,717
Illinois3,636
Indiana3,152
North Carolina1,797
Iowa1,660
Virginia1,445
Ohio1,386

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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