Species: Aedes canadensis

DIAGNOSIS: Tarsomeres with apical and basal bands of pale scales. Postprocoxal membrane bare. Wing veins entirely dark scaled. BIOLOGY: Overwinter as eggs. Breed in a variety of habitats from sphagnum bog pools to vegetated marshes and prairie ponds. Widespread but most common in the northern parkland border with the boreal forest. Can have a prolonged hatching period and larval development. Females have a diversity of hosts including mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles but seem prefer mammalian blood.

References:

Rempel, J.G. 1953. The mosquitoes of Saskatchewan. Can.J. Zool. 31:433-509.

Wood, D.M., P.T. Dang, and R.A. Ellis. 1979. The mosquitoes of Canada. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Part 6. Biosystematics Research Institute. Agriculture Canada Ottawa, Ontario.