MOSQUITOS OR CULICIDAE OP NEW YORK STATE 



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Life history and habits. This mosquito appears to love human 

 habitations and may be found breeding throughout the warmer 

 months in any open receptacle containing fresh water. One or 

 two rain barrels are sufficient to produce millions of the pests, 

 and in places remote from the seashore this or the preceding 

 species are the ones most likely to cause annoyance on account 

 of their abundance about habitations. The eggs are deposited 

 on the water, hatch quickly-, and the life cycle may be completed in 

 about 16 days. 



Culex abserratus Felt & Young 



PI. 10, 2-t, 45, tig. 2, 2, 2 respectively 



The adult of this species is very close toC. impiger, while 

 the larva has a general resemblance to C. s e r r a t u s . It was 



Fig. 73 Genitalia of Culex abserratus 



bred June 14 from a larva taken in a cold mountain pool near 

 Elizabethtown N. Y. June 9. A second larval skin was also met 

 with in the collections but no other adult was obtained. It was 



