Species: Aedes cataphylla

DIAGNOSIS: Tarsal segments without dark bands. Procoxal membrane with white scales. Wing veins R2, R3, M and A mostly covered in dark scales. Some speckling of pale scales on C, Sc and R1. Abdominal segments with a basal light scaled band. Postnotum with setae only along posterior margin. Anepisternum with large areas of white scales. Membrane between tergum I and sternum I with a patch of a few white scales. Tarsal claw short and strongly curved. BIOLOGY: Overwinters in egg stage. One of the earliest mosquitoes to occur in the spring. Larvae found in snow melt pools. Rempel (1953) reports this is a rare species in the southwest corner and parklands of the province.

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.