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Mosquito Species Occurring in Maine
Compiled by Richard G. Dearborn from a variety of sources
| Species | *WNV Vector | EEE Vector | Pest Status | Adult Preferred Host | Larval-Habitat |
No. Gen./ Yr. |
Over- winters As: |
Common Name and Comments |
| AEDES (AEDES) | ||||||||
| cinereus Meigen | Minor | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| AEDES (AEDIMORPHUS) | ||||||||
| vexans Meigen | L-M | ü | Moderate | Flood waters | 2 | Egg | ||
| AEDES (FINLAYA) | ||||||||
| atropalpus Coquillett | H | Rarely bites man | Rock pools | 1 | Egg | |||
| hendersoni Cockerell | Minor | Tree holes | 1+ | Egg | ||||
| japonicus (Theobald) | H | Major | Containers | 2+ | Egg | |||
| triseriatus (Say) | M | ü | Minor | Tree holes & Containers | 1 | Egg | Day biter | |
| AEDES (OCHLEROTATUS) | ||||||||
| abserratus (Felt & Young) | Major | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| aurifer (Coquillett) | Rare | Flood waters | 1 | Egg | ||||
| canadensis (Theobald) | P | Major | Snow pools & Flood waters | 1+ | Egg | |||
| cantator (Coquillett) | P | Major | Salt marshes | 1+ | Egg | Brown Salt Marsh Mosquito | ||
| communis (DeGeer) | Major | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| decticus Howard, Dyar and Knab | Local | Spagnum Bogs | 1 | Egg | ||||
| diantaeus Howard, Dyar and Knab | Minor | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| excrucians (Walker) | Major | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| fitchii Felt & Young | Major | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| implicatus Vockeroth | Rare | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| intrudens Dyar | Local | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| pionips Dyar | Rare | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| provocans (Walker) | Minor | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| punctor (Kirby) | Major | Snow pools & Bogs | 1 | Egg | ||||
| sollicitans (Walker) | L-M | Major | Salt marshes | 4+ | Egg | Eastern Salt Marsh Mosquito | ||
| sticticus (Meigen) | Local | Flood waters | 1+ | Egg | ||||
| stimulans (Walker) | Major | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | Long lived | |||
| taeniorhynchus (Wiedermann) | P | Major | Salt marshes | 2+ | Egg | Not yet found in Maine | ||
| trivittatus (Coquillett) | ü | Rare | Flood waters | 1 | Egg | |||
| ANOPHELES (ANOPHELES) | ||||||||
| earlei Vargas | Minor | Marshes | 1+ | Adult | ||||
| punctipennis (Say) | ü | Major | Marshes | 2+ | Adult | Spotted-winged Mosquito | ||
| quadrimaculatus Say | Major | Marshes | 2+ | Adult | Common Malaria Mosquito | |||
| walkeri Theobald | Rare | Marshes | 2+ | Egg | ||||
| COQUILLETTIDIA (= MANSONIA) |
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| perturbans (Walker) | ü | Major | Birds & Mammals | Marshes | 1+ | Larva | ||
| CULEX (CULEX) | ||||||||
| pipiens Linnacus | L-M | Rarely bites man | Birds | Containers & Ground pools | 2+ | Adult | Northern House Mosquito | |
| restuans Theobald | L-M | ü | Rarely bites man | Birds | Containers & Ground pools | 2+ | Adult | |
| salinarius Coquillett | M | ü | Local | Containers & Ground pools | 2+ | Adult | ||
| CULEX (NEOCULEX) | ||||||||
| territans Walker | Rarely bites man | Herps | Marshes | 2+ | Adult | |||
| CULISETA (CLIMACURA) | ||||||||
| melanura Coquillett) | ü | ü | Rarely bites man | Birds | Fresh water swamps | 2+ | Larva | |
| CULISETA (CULISETA) | ||||||||
| impatiens (Walker) | Rarely bites man | 1 | Adult | Long lived | ||||
| inornata ((Williston) | Rarely bites man | 2+ | Adult | |||||
| CULISETA (CULICELLA) | ||||||||
| minnesota Barr | Rarely bites man | Birds, small mammals, turtles | Sedge, cattails, marshes | 1+ | Adult | |||
| morsitans dyari (Coquillett) | Rarely bites man | Birds | Snow pools | 1 | Egg | |||
| PSOROPHORA (JANTHINOSOMA) | ||||||||
| ferox (Humboldt) | Rare | Ground pools | 1 | Egg | ||||
| URANOTAENIA (URANOTAENIA) | ||||||||
| sapphirina (Osten Sacken) | Rare | Permanent pools | 1 | Adult | ||||
| WYEOMYIA (WYEOMYIA) | ||||||||
| smithii (Coquillett) | Never bites man | Sphagnum bogs | 1 | Larva | Pitcher Plant Mosquito | |||
| *Vector efficiency rating: H - high, M - moderate, L - low,
P - poor, if at all. No. Gen./Yr.: 1 - single generation |
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MAINE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Maine Forest Service - Forest Health and Monitoring Division
June 2001