﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  717 
  

  

  areas 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  rain-filled. 
  The 
  larv-ffi 
  develop 
  in 
  these 
  temporary- 
  

   pools 
  and 
  feed 
  upon 
  other 
  mosquito 
  wrigglers. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  giants 
  

   of 
  their 
  kind, 
  and 
  if 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  sufficient 
  food 
  for 
  all, 
  they 
  eat 
  each 
  

   other. 
  Larvse 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  September 
  25, 
  and 
  

   adults 
  from 
  July 
  2 
  to 
  September 
  30. 
  

  

  AEDES 
  Meig. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  now 
  referred 
  to 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  those 
  species 
  of 
  what 
  we 
  

   have 
  been 
  calling 
  "Ciilex," 
  that 
  do 
  not 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  rafts 
  or 
  boat- 
  

   shaped 
  masses. 
  They 
  may 
  be 
  laid 
  singly 
  or 
  in 
  little 
  masses 
  in 
  the 
  mud 
  

   of 
  depressed 
  areas, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  sinking 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   and 
  usually 
  passing 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  that 
  stage, 
  covered 
  by 
  water 
  or 
  un- 
  

   protected 
  in 
  the 
  mud. 
  

  

  A. 
  sayi 
  D. 
  & 
  K. 
  (Janthinosoma 
  musica 
  Say.) 
  Locally 
  common, 
  chiefly 
  

   in 
  the 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larvse 
  breed, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   in 
  heavily 
  shaded 
  woodland 
  pools, 
  and 
  the 
  adults 
  do 
  not 
  leave 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  their 
  place 
  of 
  birth. 
  They 
  are 
  ferocious 
  biters, 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Piece 
  Meadow 
  region 
  are 
  locally 
  almost 
  unbear- 
  

   able. 
  Larvas 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  only 
  from 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  northward, 
  

   June 
  to 
  September; 
  adults 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  also 
  at. 
  Spring 
  Lake 
  VI, 
  

   30, 
  and 
  Lakehurst 
  VIII, 
  16. 
  

   A. 
  jamaicensis 
  Theob. 
  Locally 
  common, 
  breeding 
  in 
  open 
  lot 
  pools, 
  

   though 
  isolated 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  larvas 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  woodland 
  

   pools. 
  We 
  have 
  only 
  found 
  it 
  at 
  Millburn, 
  Newark, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  

   and 
  Delair 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August; 
  but 
  undoubtedly 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  generally 
  

   distributed. 
  The 
  adult 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  found 
  attacking 
  man, 
  and 
  

   though 
  a 
  breeding 
  place 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  my 
  house, 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  found 
  

   examples 
  oh 
  my 
  porches. 
  

   A. 
  discolor 
  Coq. 
  Delair, 
  VI, 
  18, 
  VII, 
  24, 
  VIII, 
  15. 
  Larvas 
  have 
  been 
  

   taken 
  only 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Seal 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  dates 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  

   we 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  any 
  stage 
  elsewhere. 
  It 
  is 
  truly 
  a 
  rare 
  

   species. 
  

   A. 
  soUicitans 
  Wlk. 
  .This 
  is 
  the 
  common, 
  banded-leg 
  salt 
  marsh 
  mos- 
  

   quito. 
  It 
  breeds 
  exclusively 
  on 
  the 
  salt 
  marshes 
  in 
  fresh, 
  brackish 
  

   or 
  salt 
  water 
  and 
  flies 
  inland 
  long 
  distances, 
  forming 
  the 
  predom- 
  

   inating 
  pest 
  within 
  its 
  range 
  — 
  which 
  means 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  

   State 
  — 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  summer. 
  From 
  Barnegat 
  Bay 
  south 
  larvae 
  

   begin 
  to 
  hatch 
  in 
  March, 
  and 
  adults 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  April 
  or 
  May, 
  

   and 
  thereafter 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  ten 
  broods 
  may 
  develop 
  before 
  November, 
  

   when 
  the 
  last 
  stragglers 
  mature. 
  In 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  marshes 
  

   larvae 
  do 
  not 
  usually 
  appear 
  until 
  June, 
  "cantator" 
  replacing 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  

   early 
  spring 
  form. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  depressions 
  in 
  the 
  marsh 
  

   mud 
  and 
  must 
  dry 
  out 
  before 
  they 
  can 
  hatch. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  this 
  stage 
  that 
  

   the 
  winter 
  is 
  passed. 
  

   A. 
  tasniorhynchus 
  Wied. 
  Has 
  the 
  same 
  habits 
  as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  is 
  

   not 
  nearly 
  so 
  abundant 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  migrate 
  so 
  far. 
  Occasionally 
  

   it 
  is 
  quite 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State; 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  

   seasons 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  seen 
  at 
  all 
  on 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  marshes. 
  

  

  