Species: Aedes provocans

DIAGNOSIS: Tarsal segments without dark bands. Procoxal membrane with white scales. Wing veins mostly covered in dark scales except at the wing base. 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 thick patch of white scales. Subbasal tooth small. Tarsal claw evenly curved.

BIOLOGY: Adults emerge early in spring. Larvae are found in the edges of vegetated marshes and roadside ditches. Frequents the boreal forest.

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.