Male Mosquito - Aedes vexans

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I am thinking a male vexans, but I will check a book I have at work. These shots are really fun to look at!

… Sean McCann, 2 November, 2006 - 6:20am

yes male vexans

look at the third shot with the lateral view

… Omar Fahmy, 2 November, 2006 - 7:20am

wow

I'm up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and swear I just spotted 2 of these mosquitos in my house... where do they originate?

… pandora, 30 May, 2007 - 9:44pm

well, these are the males

so they dont bite. But I have been finding alot of vexans females in my house too. If you have woods behind your house, that is probably where they are coming from. Dr. Ted Andreadis (Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station) calls them "vicious human biters, that travel considerable distances from their breeding sites."
Just make sure you have screens on your windows, and that they have no holes in them. Good luck!

… Omar Fahmy, 31 May, 2007 - 6:36am