Mosquito Magnet® - Mosquito Information

What are the most common species of mosquitoes?

Here you will find general information about mosquitoes. Where they are, where they breed, the diseases they may carry, what times of the day they are out and other information. To search for a mosquito use the jump menu.

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Species
Aedes aegypti

Common Name
Yellow Fever Mosquito


	Habitat Throughout the southeastern US, but excluding most of FL Breeding Areas Container breeders: Flower pots Gutters Discarded tires Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus Yellow fever Dengue in the tropics Feeding Time Day and Night	Click for larger image Photo Credits: CDC Public Health Image Library
	Additional Information Commonly in FL, it is being out competed by Ae. albopictus

Species
Aedes albopictus

Common Name
Asian Tiger Mosquito


	Habitat Southeastern US Breeding Areas Container breeders: Flower pots Gutters Discarded tires Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus LaCrosse Encephalitis Dengue Heartworm Feeding Time Day	Click for larger image Photo Credits: Calvert County, NC Web Site
	Additional Information Over winters as egg; will enter homes

Species
Aedes vexans

Common Name
Inland Floodwater Mosquito



	Habitat US & Southern Canada Breeding Areas Temporary rain filled pools Pools formed by floodwater Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus EEE Feeding Time Day and Night	Click for larger image Photo Credits: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Texas A&M University
	Additional Information Not Available

Species
Anopheles quadrimaculatus

Common Name
The Quads or Common Malaria Mosquito


	Habitat Southern US rice fields Breeding Areas Reservoirs Swamps Lakes Rivers Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus Malaria Heartworm Feeding Time Night	Click for larger image Photo Credits: South Dakota State University
	Additional Information Over winters as adult

Species
Culex pipiens

Common Name
House Mosquito


	Habitat Northern US Breeding Areas Container breeders: Flower pots Gutters Discarded tires Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus St. Louis Encephalitis Feeding Time Not Available	Click for larger image Photo Credits: Illinois Department of Public Health*
	Additional Information Over winters as adult, bites birds only

Species
Culex quinquefasciatus

Common Name
Southern House Mosquito


	Habitat Southern US Breeding Areas stagnant & polluted water such as containers, drains, cesspits Diseases They May Carry St. Louis Encephalitis West Nile Virus Feeding Time Dawn & Dusk	Click for larger image Photo Credits: CDC Public Health Image Library
	Additional Information Not Available

Species
Culex salinarius

Common Name
Unbanded Salt Marsh Mosquito


	Habitat Atlantic Coast Gulf Coast Breeding Areas Flood waters Fresh water Containers Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus Feeding Time Night	Click for larger image Photo Credits: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Texas A&M University
	Additional Information Over winter as adult, enters home

Species
Culiseta inornata

Common Name
Winter Mosquito


	Habitat Throughout most of North America Breeding Areas Rain pools Ditches Canals Duck Ponds Club Ponds Salt Marshes Can also survive brackish water Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus Feeding Time Night	Click for larger image Photo Credits: South Dakota State University
	Additional Information Over winters as adult

Species
Culiseta melanura

Common Name
Cedar Swamp or Black Tailed Mosquito


	Habitat Maine Southern Quebec South to southern FL West to Eastern TX North to the lower Great Lakes Breeding Areas Swamps Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus EEE Feeding Time Bites only birds
	Additional Information Over winters as a larva

Species
Ochlerotatus canadensis

Common Name
Woodland Pool Mosquito


	Habitat Eastern US Central Plains Breeding Areas Temporary shaded woodland Pools Ditches Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus Heartworm Feeding Time Day and Night
	Additional Information Over winters as egg

Species
Ochlerotatus japonicus

Common Name
Japanese or Rockpool Mosquito


	Habitat Eastern US Breeding Areas Natural and Container breeder Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus Feeding Time Day	Click for larger image Photo Credits: Mike Sardalis, USAMRIID
	Additional Information Over winters as egg

Species
Ochlerotatus Triseriatus

Common Name
Treehole Mosquito


	Habitat Widely distributed in North America Breeding Areas Treeholes Artificial containers Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus LaCrosse Encephalitis Feeding Time Day and Night	Click for larger image Photo Credits: CDC Public Health Image Library
	Additional Information Over winters as egg

Species
Ochlerotatus sollicitans

Common Name
Eastern Salt Marsh Mosquito


	Habitat Eastern US Breeding Areas Salt marshes Diseases They May Carry West Nile Virus Heartworm EEE Feeding Time Day and Night	Click for larger image Photo Credits: The University of Nebraska at Kearney*
	Additional Information Over winters as egg

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