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Species Ochlerotatus sierrensis - Western Treehole Mosquito

sierrensis - Ochlerotatus sierrensis - female

Western Treehole Mosquito (Ochlerotatus sierrensis) ? - Ochlerotatus sierrensis

Mosquito - Ochlerotatus sierrensis - female

Western Treehole Mosquito? - Ochlerotatus sierrensis - female

From Victoria - Ochlerotatus sierrensis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

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

Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)

Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)

Tribe Aedini

Genus Ochlerotatus

Species sierrensis (Western Treehole Mosquito)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sierrensis (Ludlow)

Orig. Comb: Taeniorhynchus sierrensis Ludlow 1905

Range

Widespread throughout California and Southern Utah. It is prevalent in the Sierra Nevada foothill.

Habitat

Treeholes or small containers

Season

Most active in spring, but is a biter in summer and fall

Food

Females feed on the blood of most mammals including humans

Life Cycle

- Overwinters as an egg

Remarks

A major vector of Dog Heartworm

Contributed by Omar Fahmy on 7 April, 2008 - 8:31pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 January, 2016 - 2:36pm

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