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broad white band placed about hall-way between tip and base, and 

 whose abdominal segments each show an indistinct narrow white 

 band along its base. 



The larva differs from those of all the other common species in 

 its habit of staying at the bottom attached to grass roots. It is a 

 light colored, robust w'riggler with a bottle-shaped breathing tube. 



Fig. 67. Adult of the irritating mosquito. (After John B. Smith). 



I, female adult; 2, part of wing vein showing scales; 3. anterior; 4. middle; 

 5, posterior claws of male tarsi (all much enlarged). 



Importance 



'J'his species occurs throughout the state, and locally in tremen- 

 dous numbers. It is perhaps the fiercest biter among the mosqui- 

 toes of New Jersey, and when present in large numbers renders 

 being out during twilight unbearable. Fortunately, it rarely comes 

 in large numbers. 



