Floodwater Mosquito Ochlerotatus sticticus (Meigen, 1838)    Synonyms: Aedes sticticus.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Culicidae   >   Genus Ochlerotatus   

Description:

This is one of four species that have a light-colored thorax with a black middorsal stripe and dark, unbanded legs. The Floodwater Mosquito is the only one of those four species that has complete pale bands on the base of each abdominal segment. (J. Emm, pers. comm.)

There are 2 records in the project database.

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A male Floodwater Mosquito in Harford Co., Maryland (8/9/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Floodwater Mosquito in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A male Floodwater Mosquito in Harford Co., Maryland (8/9/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A male Floodwater Mosquito in Harford Co., Maryland (8/9/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Floodwater Mosquito collected in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A male Floodwater Mosquito collected in Harford Co., Maryland (8/9/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)


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