Tree hole mosquito
The tree hole mosquito is a mosquito from Europe and North Africa. It is a close relative of the Asian tiger mosquito. Its babies grow up in the little pools of rainwater that collect in holes in trees.
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Fun facts
It is a close cousin of the Asian tiger mosquito, which is much better known.
In 2016 some people in England thought they had found a dangerous new mosquito. It turned out to be this one, which has lived there all along.
Scientists test in their labs which germs mosquitoes might carry. In nature this one has not been found spreading illness.
Most asked questions about Tree hole mosquito
?Does the tree hole mosquito bite?
Yes, the females can bite and leave an itchy bump, like other mosquitoes.
?Where does the tree hole mosquito live?
In Europe and North Africa, near trees with water-filled holes.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aedes geniculatus
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Culicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Culicidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Aedes geniculatus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by kitenet. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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