Culiseta litorea
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| Culiseta litorea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culiseta |
| Species: | C. litorea |
| Binomial name | |
| Culiseta litorea Shute, 1928 | |
Culiseta litorea is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.
Like other Culiseta species, C. litorea goes through four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Females lay an average of 109 eggs in the form of an egg raft, which is deposited on wet mud and leaf litter. The species overwinters as fourth instar larvae. Pupation occurs in April, with adults beginning to emerge in early May. The adult season typically lasts until September or October.[1]
Females of C. litorea primarily blood-feed on birds. However, serological tests on blood-engorged females have shown that a small number may occasionally feed on humans, although they are not typically caught in human bait collections.[1]
