Category: Species
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The Culex mosquitoes
Culex are the drab brown house mosquitoes that bite from dusk to night and carry West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis. Traits,…
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The Anopheles mosquitoes
Anopheles are the malaria mosquitoes, known by their steep head-down resting angle, long palps, spotted wings, and flat-lying larvae. Traits and US…
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The Aedes mosquitoes
Aedes mosquitoes are boldly patterned, aggressive daytime biters that lay drought-resistant eggs in containers and floodwater. Traits, species, disease.
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Day-biting vs night-biting mosquitoes
Aedes mosquitoes bite by day and spread dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. Culex and Anopheles bite dusk to dawn, tied to West Nile…
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Culiseta melanura (black-tailed mosquito)
Culiseta melanura, the black-tailed mosquito, rarely bites people but drives Eastern equine encephalitis by keeping the virus circulating among birds.
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Culex tarsalis (western encephalitis mosquito)
Culex tarsalis, the western encephalitis mosquito, is a key carrier of West Nile, western equine, and St. Louis encephalitis viruses in western…
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Culex quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito)
Culex quinquefasciatus, the southern house mosquito, is a brown night-biting mosquito of warm regions and a key West Nile virus vector in…
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Culex pipiens (northern house mosquito)
Culex pipiens, the northern house mosquito, is a dull brown biter that breeds in stagnant water and is the main West Nile…
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Aedes vs Culex vs Anopheles
Compare Aedes, Culex, and Anopheles mosquitoes: how to tell them apart by looks, resting pose, bite times, and the diseases each genus…
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Anopheles quadrimaculatus (common malaria mosquito)
Anopheles quadrimaculatus, the common malaria mosquito, was the historic malaria vector of the eastern regions. How to identify it, where it breeds,…