Mosquito Life History Information Overwinters Species Broods/Year Eggs Larval Habitat As Temporary woodland pools, marshes. cinereus One Singly on low, damp surface Unshaded and shaded areas Egg Temporary and flood filled pools, soil cracks Aedes vexans Several Laid in or on soil in low lying areas where flooding follows Egg barberi 2 or more Singly on water surface Tree holes Larva Marshs, bogs, woodland semi-permanent cold Anopheles earlei One Singly on water surface pools surrounded by vegetation Adult Ponds, temporary and spring pools, artifician Anopheles punctipennis Several Singly on water surface containers, drainage ditches Adult Permanent fresh water containing surface Anopheles quadrimaculatus Several Singly on water surface vegetation Adult Anopheles walkeri Several Singly on water surface Fresh water marshes containing vegetation Egg Surface waters with heavy vegetation, immatures attach to vegetative roots, i.e. Coquillettidia perturbans One irregular Rafts on water cattail marshes Larva? Culiseta impatiens One or more Rafts on water Well shaded, deep snow pools Adult Culiseta melanura Several Laid on water surface Swamps, other permanent bodies of water Larva Culiseta minnesotae One or more Adult Temporary cold rain pools in shaded and open Culiseta morsitans One On damp earth or just above water level marshes Egg Foul water in ditches, artificial containers, tire Culex pipiens Several Rafts on water breeders Adult Ditches, woodland pools, artificial containers, Culex restuans Several Rafts on water tire breeders Adult Fresh and foul water pools, ditches, ponds, Culex salinarius Several Rafts on water artificial containers Adult Semi-permanent pools, streems, swamps, Culex territans Several Rafts on water ponds, tires with clean water Adult Ochlerotatus abserratus One Singly on low damp, ground Early season cold pools Egg Overflow pools, rockholes along streams, Ochlerotatus atropalpus Several Singly above water level open vegetative sites Egg

Ochlerotatus aurifer One Temporary spring pools with vegetation Egg Semipermanent shaded woodlots with fallen Ochlerotatus canadensis 1 or 2 Singly on low, damp surface debris Egg Laid under leaves in dry beds of vernal Ochlerotatus communis One woodland pools Snowmelt pools. Higher elevations. Egg Ochlerotatus decticus One Swampy areas Egg Ochlerotatus diantaeus One Snowmelt pools, often shaded Egg Brackish and fresh water, irrigation ditches, Ochlerotatus dorsalis Several Laid above flood water marshes Egg Ochlerotatus euedes One Open woodland pools Egg Temporary woodland pools, open swamps, Ochlerotatus excrucians One Singly on damp earth grassy marshes Egg Ochlerotatus fitchii One Laid on damp earth Temporary and semi-permanent pools Egg Temporary pools, marshes, meadows, open Ochlerotatus flavescens One plains Egg Ochlerotatus grossbecki One Singly on damp, low surface Early spring pools Egg Ochlerotatus hendersoni Several Laid above water level Artificial containers, tree holes Egg Woodland and snowmelt pools, open bogs, Ochlerotatus intrudens One marshes Egg Ochlerotatus japonicus Several Singly on walls just above water line Artificial containers, tires, natural rock pools Egg Snowmelt pools, temporary marsh areas in Ochlerotatus provocans One spring Egg Snowmelt pools, dense forested areas, bogs, Ochlerotatus punctor One Singly on low, damp depressions marshes Egg Ochlerotatus riparius One Egg Flooded pools filled with organic debris. One, possibly more Singly on low , damp ground Woodland and open areas Egg Snowmelt temporary and vernal woodland One Laid on damp soil pools Egg Tree holes of deciduous trees, artificial Several Laid singly above water level containers, tire breeders Egg Temporary flood pools in swamps, meadows, Ochlerotatus trivittatus Several Singly on damp, low surface and woodlands. Open vegetative sites. Egg

Damp earth in low areas subject to Several flooding Unshaded temporary rain-filled pools Egg Damp earth in low areas subject to Psorophora ferox Several flooding Temporary rain filled pools, overflow pools Egg Permanent pools containing floating Uranotaenia sapphirina Several Rafts on water surface vegetation and sunlight Adult Wyeomyia smithii Several In leaves of pitcher plants Water trapped in pitcher plant leaves Larva