.'!.V_! BIOLOGICAL SUBVEY OF 



A. bxoeuoians (Walk.). Bar Barbor, Aug 12 (Br.). An all 



summer species Living in the woods and starts out in the 

 spring by breeding in flooded places. 



A. fitchii Felt & Young. Long- Pond; S. \V. Harbor; Bar 

 Harbor; N. E. Harbor, June 20-July 16. Frequents the 

 woods. The wilder is passed in the egg. 



A. stimulans (Walk.). Brown wood mosquito. Bar Har- 

 bor ; Echo Lake ; S. \V. I [arbor, June 17-July 30. The winter 

 is passed in the egg. The larvae develop in pools in the 

 woods. 



A. canadensis (Thcob.). Bar Harbor, June 22- Aug. 3 (Br.). 

 Hibernates in the egg stage and starts off in the spring 

 while ice is still present. Favors pools with some decaying 

 vegetation. 



A. aurifer (Coq.). "Golden-scaled mosquito." North end of 

 Long- Pond, June 26. The larva lives in spring pools. It 

 passes the winter in the egg state. 



A. communis (DeG.). Bar Harbor, May 6-July 4 (Br.). 

 Appears very early, prefers shade, attacks at night and 

 stays with us the entire season. A northern species. 



A. diantaeus Howard Dyer & Knab. Bar Harbor; S. W. 

 Harbor, June 7-25. The larvae live in pools in woods. The 

 winter is passed in the egg. 



A. intrudens Dyar. Bar Harbor; S. W. Harbor; Echo Lake, 

 June 7-25. The winter is passed in the egg. The larvae 

 develop early in the spring in pools in the woods. 



A. punctor (Kby.). Northern woods mosquito. Common, 

 June 7-July 12. The larvae live in pools in the woods, 

 developing in early summer. The winter is passed in the egg. 



A. ATROPALPrs (Coq.). "Rock-pool mosquito." Bar Harbor, 

 July 10. The larvae lives in holes in the rocks. The winter 

 is passed in the egg state attached to rocks. 



A. vexans (Mg.). S. W. Harbor; Bar Harbor, May 25-Sept. 

 20 (Br.). The favorite breeding places are temporary pools 

 in meadows and marshes as well as places left for them by 

 human negligence. They are the most troublesome of the 

 familv. 



