Aedes rusticus | |
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Aedes rusticus North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Subfamily: | Culicinae |
Genus: | Aedes |
Subgenus: | Ochlerotatus |
Species: | A. rusticus |
Binomial name | |
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) rusticus (Rossi, 1790) |
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Synonyms | |
Aedes diversus Theobald 1901 Ochlerotatus rusticus (Rossi, 1790) |
Aedes diversus Theobald 1901 Ochlerotatus rusticus (Rossi, 1790)
Aedes rusticus, it is a relatively common European mosquito, that is often responsible for human bites from May to August. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.
Aedes rusticus has a patchy distribution, from Britain (mainly southern), Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Russia, The Balkans and as far as Asia Minor.
Following a mammal blood meal to provide sufficient protein to produce eggs, females will lay their egg rafts in spring or summer in dried-up pools, they will hatch when the pools flood later in the year. They will overwinter in the 4th larval stage, pupation and adult emergence take place the following spring.
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