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MOSQUITO ERADICATION 

 SALT MARSH GROUP 



Aedes solliciUuis, Wlk., probably is one of the most troublesome 

 of the salt marsh mosquitoes. The thorax of this insect is 

 yellowish on top and the sides are white; broad white bands 



Fig. 43. — Adult of Psorophora ciliata. (After John B. Smith, New Jersey 



Agricultural Experiment Stations.) 

 1, adult female; 2, palpus; 3, anterior, and 4, posterior claws of male. All are 

 greatly enlarged. 



encircle the proboscis and feet; and there is a yellow stripe along 

 the bottom and a white stripe along the top of the abdominal 

 segments. A. sollicitans breeds exclusively in the salt marshes, 

 but occasionally, wind conditions being suitable, it travels great 



