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Female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding
Image by James Gathany - License: Public Domain. (view image details)
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Female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding
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Dengue Mosquito takes flight after a blood meal (visible through her transparent abdomen).
Image by CDC/ Prof. Frank Hadley Collins, Dir., Cntr. for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Notre Dame - License: Public Domain. (view image details)
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DENGUE MOSQUITO FACTS |
Identification
The Dengue Mosquito is a pest mosquito and can be a carrier of Dengue fever, Yellow fever, Murray Valley encephalitis and Ross River virus. The female mosquito is dark coloured with white markings on the back and white bands on the legs. The thorax is dark with a lighter curved marking on each side and two light stripes running down the centre.
Size
length 3mm to 4mm
Habitat
Adults may be found in and near the house. They usually bite during the day or evening.
Food
females feed on blood
Breeding
The female lays eggs in water. When first laid eggs are white but soon turn black. The larvae feed on bacteria in the water
Range
The Dengue Mosquito is an introduced species found in Queensland, and has also been known in Western Australia, Northern Territory and southern New South Wales.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Diptera | | Family: | Culicidae | | Genus: | Aedes | | Species: | aegypti | | Common Name: | Dengue Mosquito |
Relatives in same Genus
Asian Tiger Mosquito (A. albopictus)
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