The Mosquitoes of New Jersey 



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Life Habits 



The swamp mosquito winters in the egg stage at the bottom of the 

 pools in which it normally breeds. Early in the following spring 

 the eggs begin to hatch and from that time on, if the pools are not 

 dried up, larvae may be found. The eggs appear to hatch unevenly, 



Fig. 66. Typical breeding place of the s\vam[i ni(K([uitc). ( i 

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.and the complete development of the first brood covers a long period. 

 One brood succeeds another as rapidly as the weather and water 

 supply will permit. 



Breeding may occur in almost any water except that which is 

 brackish or positively foul. In woodland pools the number of A. 

 syhestris larvae is second to A. canadensis and in open swamp 

 areas they are more abundant than any other species. 



The Irritating Mosquito 



(Mansonia perturhans Wlk.) 



Recognition Marks 



This is a large brown mosquito whose tarsi show a broad white 

 band at the base of each segment and a broad band of the same color 

 beyond the middle of the tibia whose beak is ringed with a 



