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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Aedini » Psorophora » Psorophora ferox

Species Psorophora ferox

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Mosquito on goldenrod - Psorophora ferox

mosquito with green eyes - Psorophora ferox - male

Blue-legged Mosquito - Psorophora ferox - female

New Hope Bottomlands mosquito loaded with blood meal 2022 2 - Psorophora ferox - 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 Psorophora

Species ferox (Psorophora ferox)

Other Common Names

White-footed Woods Mosquito, White-footed Mosquito, Woodland Mosquito

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Psorophora ferox (Humboldt)

Orig. Comb: Culex ferox Humboldt 1819

Explanation of Names

ferox (L). fierce, wild, bold, courageous, warlike, spirited, etc.

Identification

Larvae: Head rounded anteriorly, long antennae. Head hairs 5 and 6 long and usually double.

Adult Female: The legs have purple irridescent scales and tarsal segments 4 and 5 are entirely pale scaled.

Range

e US to Texas (1)(2)

Habitat

Larvae are found in temporary woodland pools and depression in shaded floodplains. (3)

Season

Larvae: July and August

Adults: June - October

Food

Females prefer blood from mammals

Life Cycle

Overwinters as an egg and is multivoltine

Works Cited

1.	Mosquitoes of the southeastern United States Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena. 2013. The University of Alabama Press. xiii + 188 pp.

2.	County Maps of Texas' 85 Mosquito Species - Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

3.	Identification Guide to the Mosquitos of Connecticut Theodore G. Andreadis, Michael C. Thomas, John J. Shepard. 2005. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

Contributed by tom murray on 15 September, 2005 - 2:51pm
Additional contributions by Omar Fahmy, Mike Quinn, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 7 January, 2016 - 8:04pm

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