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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 » Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
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Mosquito on milkweed - Aedes aegypti
Copyright © 2019 Robert A. Behrstock

Mosquito on milkweed - Aedes aegypti
Hereford, W of Hwy. 92, lower Ash Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 24, 2019
This is a common ankle-biter on our shaded porch. Oak-grassland interface, c. 5,020' elev., SE Huachuca Mts. Butterfly garden, on Arizona milkweed.

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Contributed by Robert A. Behrstock on 27 August, 2019 - 2:40pm
Last updated 13 February, 2020 - 8:12am

Feeding behavior
Per Info tab above--adults feed on primate blood. Therefore, it's interesting to see an adult with its proboscis thrust into the nectar receptacle (horn) of the milkweed.
… Robert A. Behrstock, 13 February, 2020 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
Primate blood
Needed for egg development. Adults (both male and female) feed on nectar though to keep themselves going. Males feed exclusively on nectar, females only for energy. Blood nutrients is almost exclusively for the eggs, so the female doesn't get much out of that.
… Tyler Hedlund, 13 February, 2020 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

.Thank you.
Thanks for the id. Too bad it's an abundant disease vector.
… Robert A. Behrstock, 13 February, 2020 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
Pretty little vector though
… Tyler Hedlund, 13 February, 2020 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aedini.
… Tyler Hedlund, 13 February, 2020 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Tyler Hedlund, 26 September, 2019 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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