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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 - 2:42pm
Last updated 13 February, 2020 - 8:12am

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