Woodland malaria mosquito

Anopheles punctipennis

The woodland malaria mosquito is a mosquito that lives all over North America. Its babies grow up in cool, clear water like streams.

Lives in

All over North America, near streams and other water

Top speed

about 2 km/h (1.2 mph)

Can it hurt you?

Dangerous: look, do not touch

Its bite itches, and it can carry the tiny germs that cause malaria. Look, do not touch, and tell a grown-up if you get lots of mosquito bites.

What does it eat?

Only the females drink blood, from people and animals. The larvae live in water.

A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Woodland malaria 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

It can carry two kinds of tiny germs that cause malaria, a serious illness.

It mostly stays outdoors and is rarely found inside houses.

Its larvae can grow up in all kinds of water, from streams to water left standing in containers.

you asked

?Where does the woodland malaria mosquito lay its eggs?

In water, especially cool, clear water like streams.

Anopheles punctipennis (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 Christina Butler from Georgia, United States. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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