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mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - female

mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - Female
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
July 9, 2009
Size: 5 mm body (ex legs, prob)
Another lateral view with oblique view of dorsal thorax.

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mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - female mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - female mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - female mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - female mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - female mosquito from rain barrel - Aedes japonicus - female

mosquito from rain barrel
This appears to be Ochlerotatus japonicus, and introduced mosquito that is spreading very rapidly around the country.

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