Woodland pool mosquito
Aedes canadensis
The woodland pool mosquito is a dark mosquito with white bands on its legs. Its babies grow up in shady puddles in the woods, full of fallen leaves. It lives mainly in eastern North America.
Lives in
North America, from Yukon and Newfoundland south to Florida, Texas and Mexico, in woodland pools and swamps
Can it hurt you?
Dangerous: look, do not touch
Germs that cause serious illnesses, such as West Nile fever, have been found in it, and it can pass heartworm to dogs. Look at it, do not touch it, and tell a grown-up if you get bitten.
What does it eat?
Only the females drink blood, from mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and sometimes people. The males drink nectar, for example from orchids.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Woodland pool mosquito about 2 km/h (1.2 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Clouds of these mosquitoes are often seen around turtles that cross roads in May to lay their eggs.
2
Its eggs survive the winter, and lots of larvae hatch in late winter and spring.
3
The females are often reddish, and the feet have white bands.
4
The males gather in swarms in the early evening.
you asked
Most asked questions about Woodland pool mosquito
?Where do woodland pool mosquitoes lay their eggs?
In shady pools in the woods, full of fallen leaves, and also in swamps and bogs.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aedes canadensis
- Named by
- Theobald, 1901
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Culicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Culicidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Aedes canadensis (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 Unknown Unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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