MOSQUITOES are midgelike insects
of various sizes, some of them
minute, some of them nearly a half
inch long. They belong to the family Culicidae,
which belongs to the order Diptera,
embracing the common housefly and other
two-winged flies. Mosquitoes have aquatic
larvae called wiggle-tails, wigglers, or wrigglers,
which transform to aquatic pupae
called tumblers. The adults, which emerge
from the pupae, are aerial.
About 150 species of mosquitoes are
known to occur in the United States and
Canada, and 52 of these have been taken in
Illinois. The Illinois mosquito fauna represents
a combination of the northern and the
southern mosquito faunas, a combination
not yet treated in the various reports giving
keys to the faunas of limited regions. The object of this paper is to provide
means for making mosquito control programs
more effective, first by furnishing
illustrated keys and descriptions for the
identification of mosquito species that occur
in Illinois and states similar in climate, and
second by summarizing information regarding
the distribution, biology, and habitat
preferences of the species.
Publisher
Champaign : Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin; v. 024, no. 01
ISSN
0073-4918
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44821
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