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Mitchell's Mosquito

Aedes mitchellae

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae

Aedes mitchellae mosquitoes were originally collected in southern Georgia and Florida in 1905 by entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr. The species' range extends through the coastal plains from the southeastern United States, north to New York and west to New Mexico with the greatest abundance in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains. Bionomics The adults, which resemble Aedes sollicitans, are frequently captured in light traps.

Distribution

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