List of Most Common Mosquitoes found
in the
Shenandoah Valley
Organized by Breeding Habitat and Biting Habit:
1. Aedes
albopictus - container breeder -
persistent daytime biter*
2.
Ochlerotatus
atropalpus - container breeder - daytime biter? (feeding habits
poorly studied)
3.
Ochlerotatus japonicus - container breeder - daytime biter
4.
Ochlerotatus triseriatus - container breeder - daytime biter
*#5.
Culex
pipiens - container breeder, as well as in grass choked or polluted
puddles, ditch pools, and storm sewers -nighttime biter
#6.
Culex
restuans - container breeder as well as in grass choked or polluted
puddles, and ditch pools -- nighttime biter
*7.
Culex
salinarius - large container breeder as well as in grass choked
puddles and ditch pools, shallow grassy ponds and or pond edges and marshlands -
nighttime biter
8.
Anopheles
punctipennis - breeder in marshlands, permanent pools, ponds, slow moving
stream pools and containers -persistent nighttime biter
*9.
Anopheles
quadrimaculatus - breeder in marshlands, permanent pools, ponds, slow moving
stream pools – nighttime biter
10.
Culex
erraticus - breeds in marshlands, permanent pools, and shallow grassy ponds
or pond edges - nighttime biter
11.
Coquillettidia
perturbans - breeds in cattail marshes or any pond with emergent reeds -
persistent evening / nighttime biter
12.
Aedes vexans
- floodwater mosquito (grassy flood pools,
woodland flood pools, ditches) - fierce evening / nighttime biter
13.
Ochlerotatus
canadensis - breeds in floodwater/woodland pools - daytime biter in shade or
on overcast days, also an evening biter
14.
Ochlerotatus
sticticus - breeds in floodwater/woodland and meadow pools of river
floodplains - fierce daytime biter in shade or on overcast days, also an
evening/nighttime biter
15.
Ochlerotatus
trivittatus - breeds in floodwater pools in meadows and woodslands - fierce
daytime biter (even in bright sunshine) as well as a morning and evening biter
16.
Psorophora
ferox - woodland pool mosquito (e.g., beaver dam areas and swamps) - fierce
daytime biter in shade or sunlight, also an evening biter
17.
Psorophora
columbiae - floodwater/rice field mosquito (puddles and flood pools in open
meadows and clearcut areas [e.g., wheel rut puddles]) - fierce day and nighttime
biter
* = Will enter homes and bite people.
# = Feeds mostly or exclusively on
birds
More mosquito biology can be found on the following
CDC website:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/publications.htm
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