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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Aedini » Aedes » Asian Rock Pool Mosquito (Aedes japonicus)
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wa mosquito - Aedes japonicus - female
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

wa mosquito - Aedes japonicus - Female
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
June 6, 2011

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wa mosquito - Aedes japonicus - female wa mosquito - Aedes japonicus - female
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 7 June, 2011 - 4:25pm
Last updated 17 June, 2011 - 11:30pm

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 June, 2011 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

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Looks like Ochlerotatus togoi. Did you find this near the ocean?
… Sean McCann, 17 June, 2011 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

 
near the ocean
It depends on what you mean by that. It was on the side of my house. We are approximately 10 miles from Puget Sound.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 June, 2011 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
I will get back to you on thi
I will get back to you on this. Maybe I am missing something obvious.
… Sean McCann, 17 June, 2011 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Or female - Ochlerotatus togoi
with a possible range extension. Hmm... I hope you can solve it now that it's proving to be interesting.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 June, 2011 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
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I think what you have here is Bugguide's first Ochlerotatus japonicus from the West Coast. Shows how up to date I am. It was reported for King County in 2001, and by 2003 was in Pierce and Snohomish Counties. Kinda caught me by surprise! I did not know they were out here!
… Sean McCann, 17 June, 2011 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Ochlerotatus japonicus
Thanks Sean!
… Lynette Elliott, 17 June, 2011 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

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