Species: Aedes flavescens

DIAGNOSIS: Overall, a large yellowish mosquito. Tarsomeres with broad basal pale bands. Abdomen covered in pale yellowish scales with only a few scattered black scales. Pair of bare spots on II to VII.

BIOLOGY: Common only on the prairies. Breeds in weedy semipermanent ponds. Univoltine. Overwinters as eggs.

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.