Species: Aedes excrucians

DIAGNOSIS: Tarsomeres with a wide basal pale scaled band. Abdomen black scaled with a narrow basal pale band. Tarsal claws strongly bent. Subbasal tooth about 1/2 length of claw. Angle between the two is less than 30 degrees.

BIOLOGY: Individuals collected in the north are larger and darker than in the south. It overwinters as eggs. Only one generation each year. Adults are found in spring but can live into midsummer. Larvae usually found in semipermanent ponds and marshes.

References:

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.

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