THE COMMON MOSQUITOES OF MINNESOTA 



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Aedes fuscus O. S. — The Little Smoky Mosquito. 



This is a small, dark Ijrown mosquito with l:)lack legs and beak. 

 The femora, however, are lined on the inner sides with lighter 

 color. The abdominal segments bear narrow white basal bands, 

 while on the thorax are sometimes seen three faintly marked dark 

 longitudinal lines. 



The life history is probably the same as with Acdcs canadensis, 

 the eggs hatching in early spring- and only one brood during the 

 year. What appear to be later broods probably are due tu heavy 

 rains causing held-over eggs to hatch. In the nortliern part of 



Fig. 20 — Some of the early siniiig lireeding inos(|uitos come from such water puddles as 

 these. 



Minnesota they and their larvae are extremely abundant in the 

 early spring. It is said that they will not attack man, but such 

 has not been our experience. It does not seem to travel far from 

 its breeding place. 



The larva resenil)les that of Acdcs canadensis and Acdcs syl- 

 Z'csfris. but is more slender ; the color is light to dark gray : the 

 antennae bear the tuft well below the middle of their length. The 



