Aedes sticticus
Species of mosquito
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Aedes sticticus is an uncommon mosquito, although the species can be abundant along river floodlands.[1] It has been known to be responsible for human bites. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.
| Aedes sticticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Ochlerotatus |
| Species: | A. sticticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aedes sticticus (Meigen, 1838) | |
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Distribution
Aedes sticticus has a very patchy but wide distribution in temperate parts of Europe, Asia and North America. It has an episodic and patchy distribution in Iowa and Wisconsin.
Life cycle
Not a huge amount is known of its life cycle. It is believed that they overwinter in the egg stage.[2]
