different kinds of 



can war, it was demonstrated that the mosquito was the carrier of yel- 

 low fever. The successful control of the mosquito in Panama and in 

 Cuba by the United States government and the consequent reduction 

 ind final control of these great diseases, is a matter of record that 

 will always occupy a prominent place in the history of modern sani- 

 tation. Of equal note is the record of the United States Army in 

 the recent World War. In spite of the fact that many of the 

 southern training camps were placed in what is widely known as the 

 malarial belt, malaria was not present among troops at any time in 

 sufficient quantity to prove a serious factor. 



This is in striking contrast to the conditions that existed in camps 

 luring the Spanish-American War, when malaria and yellow fever 

 vere prevalent and more lives were lost from these diseases than 

 t'rom Spanish bullets. This was all because the medical authorities 

 did not then understand the relation of the mosquito to these diseases 

 ind the importance of eliminating mosquito breeding in and around 

 the encampments. 



Of the anti-mosquito work that has been undertaken in this and 

 Jther countries during the last twenty years, in no place has it been 

 more extensively developed than in our own state. 



Many Varieties of Mosquitoes in New Jersey 



It has taken years of study to find out what we do know about the 

 mosquitoes. There are many varieties in the 



mosquito family 

 There is the 

 Anopheles which 

 carries malaria, 

 the Stegomyio 

 which transmits 

 yellow fever, the 

 Culex which in- 

 fests the bed- 

 room at night, 

 the Aedes which 

 causes discom- 

 fort on the porch 

 and in the gar- 

 den. These 

 groups again are 



subdivided, as the Anopheles punctipennis, the Anopheles quadrima- 

 :ulatus, the Culex pipiens, the Aedes sollicitans, the Aedes sylvestris, 

 itc. Each of these groups has its own peculiar markings, character- 

 sties and habits. Only by an intensive study could one become famil- 

 ar with all these, and it is not the purpose of this manual to describe 

 the species in detail. 



Of the many different kinds of mosquitoes there are only about a 

 iozen that are common to this state, and of this number, not more 

 than six are of real economic importance. For the purpose of study, 

 these might well be classified under the salt-marsh, the inland-swamp 

 ind the house group. 



Fig 1 — Life History of the House Mosquito 

 I, eggs; 2, hatching larvae; 3, grown larvae or wrigglers; 

 i, pupa; 5, adults emerging from pupae and flying away. 



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