- Aedes sticticus
Taxobox
name = "Aedes sticticus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Nematocera
infraordo =Culicomorpha
superfamilia =Culicoidea
familia =Culicidae
subfamilia =Culicinae
genus = "Aedes "
subgenus = "Ochlerotatus "
species = "A. sticticus"
binomial = "Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus"
binomial_authority = (Meigen, 1838)"Aedes sticticus", it is an uncommon
mosquito , although the species can be abundant along river floodlands. It has been known to be responsible for human bites. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.Distribution
"Aedes sticticus" has a very patchy but wide distribution in
temperate parts ofEurope ,Asia andNorth America .Life Cycle
Not a huge amount is know of its life cycle. It is believed that they overwinter in the egg stage. [cite book|author=P.S. Cranston, C.D. Ramsdale, K.R. Snow & G.B. White|year=1987|title=Adults, Larvae, and Pupae of British Mosquitoes (Culicidae) A Key|pages=152 pp|publisher=Freshwater Biological Association|isbn=0 900386 46 0]
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