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05-OCT-2009 Click Pic to return to gallery

Mosquito-Male

Ochlerotatus japonicus
Family Culicidae

This species was accidentally introduced from Japan in the late 90s. It was first identified in 1998 in New Jersey.
It is now known that it is an important vector of West Nile Virus. The females are very aggresive biters.


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