Species Psorophora ferox

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Surprise surprise - Psorophora ferox - female

Male mosquito? - Psorophora ferox - male

Psorophora ferox? - Psorophora ferox - male

Weird-eyed mosquito - Psorophora ferox - female

No idea - flyish/waspish - Psorophora ferox

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)

Genus Psorophora

Species ferox (Psorophora ferox)

Other Common Names

White-footed Woods Mosquito, White-footed Mosquito, Woodland Mosquito

Explanation of Names

ferox, Latin for fierce, wild, bold, courageous, warlike, spirited, etc.

Identification

Larvae:

Head rounded anteriorly, long antennae. Head hairs 5 and 6 long and usually double.

Adult Female

The legs have purple irridescent scales and tarsal segments 4 and 5 are entirely pale scaled.

Habitat

Larvae are found in temporary woodland pools and depression in shaded floodplains. (1)

Season

Larvae: July and August

Adults: June - October

Food

Females prefer blood from mammals

Life Cycle

Overwinters as an egg and is multivoltine

Works Cited

1.	Identification Guide to the Mosquitos of Connecticut By Theodore G. Andreadis, Michael C. Thomas, John J. Shepard

Contributed by tom murray on 15 September, 2005 - 2:51pm
Additional contributions by Omar Fahmy, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 21 August, 2009 - 4:31pm

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