Ochlerotatus sticticus

Ochlerotatus sticticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Ochlerotatus
Species:	O. sticticus
Binomial name
	Ochlerotatus sticticus; (Meigen, 1838)

Ochlerotatus sticticus (synonym Aedes sticticus) is an uncommon mosquito, although the species can be abundant along river floodlands.^[1] It has been known to be responsible for human bites. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.

Distribution[]

Ochlerotatus sticticus has a very patchy but wide distribution in temperate parts of Europe, Asia and North America. It has an episodic and patchy distribution in Iowa and Wisconsin.

Life cycle[]

Not a huge amount is known of its life cycle. It is believed that they overwinter in the egg stage.^[2]

References[]

^ Helmersson, Erik. "Molecular identification of mosquito species" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ P.S. Cranston; C.D. Ramsdale; K.R. Snow; G.B. White (1987). Adults, Larvae, and Pupae of British Mosquitoes (Culicidae) A Key. Freshwater Biological Association. pp. 152 pp. ISBN 0-900386-46-0.

Reinert, J.F.; Harbach, R.E.; Kitching, I.A.N.J (2004). "Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 142 (3): 289–368. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00144.x.

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[1] Helmersson, Erik. "Molecular identification of mosquito species" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] P.S. Cranston; C.D. Ramsdale; K.R. Snow; G.B. White (1987). Adults, Larvae, and Pupae of British Mosquitoes (Culicidae) A Key. Freshwater Biological Association. pp. 152 pp. ISBN 0-900386-46-0.

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