Aedes triseriatus Say, 1823

Tree-hole mosquito

Species recognized by FC Thompson, BioSystematic Database of World Diptera external link in 
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Beth Moore, Southwestern University
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Stephanie Fabritius, Southwestern University
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Moore, B. 2001. "Aedes triseriatus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 25, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aedes_triseriatus.html. 

 

Aedes triseriatus begins its life cycle as an egg laid close to a shallow pool of water by the female. Once the pool is flooded and conditions are right, the eggs hatch and free-swimming larvae emerge. The larvae feed in the pool, straining organic material and microorganisms from the water. Aedes triseriatus can be identified among other mosquito species at this stage because its body is longer than most other mosquito larvae. The larvae are gray colored and swim with a snake- like wriggle. The next stage in the mosquito's life cycle, the pupae, is also aquatic, with a thicker, darker, rounded body and a tail that propels them through the water. Following this stage, the adult emerges as a dark black mosquito with silvery white scales along the sides of its thorax. (These silvery-white scales are diagnostic.) The tarsi and proboscis are completely dark. The adult mosquito is a winged insect, with one pair of wings, three pairs of legs and the three distinct regions typical of an insect's body (the head, thorax and abdomen), as well as an extended mouth region called the proboscis for sipping nectar, and, in the females, sucking blood. (Walker 1992, Crans 2001, "The Biology of the Mosquito" 2001, "Mosquito Pest Management" 2001)

 
"Aedes triseriatus Say, 1823". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/740700". Accessed 18 Mar 2010.