in the form familiar to all. It pauses for a brief time resting on 

 the discarded pupal skin until its wings dry a little, and then flies 

 away on mischief bent. Such is the evolution of a mosquito: (1) 

 tgg; (2) larva; (3) pupa; (4) adult. 



Not everyone knows an adult mosquito when he sees one. It may 

 be confused with the shad fly, the crane fly or the darning needle. 

 The mosquito is a true insect with three pairs of legs, two wings, a 

 head, thorax and abdomen, a sharp beak and a visibly scaly exterior. 



Fig. A — White-Marked Salt Marsh 



Mosquito 



(Aedes sollicitans Wlk.) 



Distinctive marks: Palpi not more than 

 jne-fourtb as long as beak: Beak and feet 

 elearly white-banded: A yellowish-white 

 •tripe lengthwise on the upper surface of the 

 ibdomen. 



Fig. 5 — Brown Salt Marsb 



Mosquito 



(Aedes cantator Coq.) 



Distinctive mark: Palpi not more tha». 

 one-fourth as long as beak: Beak unbanded, 

 feet white-banded: Transrerse yellowiib- 

 white bands on abdomen 



The Salt-Marsh Mosquito 



Of the salt-marsh mosquitoes two are well known in New Jersey 

 The Aedes sollicitans, the "white-banded" salt-marsh mosquito ; and 

 che Aedes cantator, the "big brown" salt-marsh mosquito. The for- 

 mer is the most numerous and is the one usually referred to as the 

 Jersey Mosquito. It is especially abundant along the Jersey coast 

 from Hackensack south. It is sometimes called the "convict" 

 because its body is marked with black and white stripes. There is 

 also a broad white stripe across the beak and a longitudinal stripe 

 down the middle of the back. These markings are most pronounced 

 and anyone who has had this mosquito pointed out to him usually 

 recognizes it without hesitation. The other common salt marsh 

 mosquito, the Aedes cantator, is the predominant one in the coastal 

 areas of the northern part of the state. This mosquito is a large, 

 robust mosquito of a general brown color ; the thorax 1 is covered with 

 distinct spiny hairs ; the tarsi 2 show a white band at the base of each 

 joint, but the bands are not well marked and merge gradually into 

 the ground color; each abdominal 3 segment shows a whitish band at 

 its base, but the bands are rather indefinite and not constricted at 

 the center. 



l The portion of the body to which the legs and the wings are attached. 

 2 The tarsus is the last section of the leg, consisting of several short joints. 

 •The abdomen is the jointed portion of the body to the rear of the thorax. 



