[NatureNS] Japanese Mosquito

From: "Jim Edsall" <jim.edsall@bellaliant.net>
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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 22:48:37 -0300
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While wandering the neighborhood recently (Dartmouth) I came across an =
old metal container filled with water and mosquito larvae and pupae =
(tumblers) . I collected about thirty tumblers in jars to check the =
species. The first ten or so that hatched were Common Rain Barrel =
Mosquito (Culex pipiens). The next ten or so were Japanese Mosquito =
(Ochlerotatus japonicus). This species was first found in North America =
in New Jersey in 1998. It was first reported in New Brunswick  in 2005. =
It was reported in Nova Scortia in 2008 (Jeff Ogden).  It may  prove to =
be one of the most common mosquitoes in the HRM. Its rapid expansion is =
amazing, spreading in 13 years to more than twenty states and at least =
four provinces.
It is a container breeding species and beautifully colored with a =
striped golden back, silver spots on the thorax and abdomen and black =
legs broadly striped with white below the joints.
Jim Edsall=20
Dartmouth, N.S.
check out my personal website at=20
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/
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<DIV>While wandering the neighborhood recently (Dartmouth) I came across =
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(tumblers) . I=20
collected about thirty&nbsp;tumblers in jars to check the species. The =
first ten=20
or so that hatched were Common Rain Barrel Mosquito (<EM>Culex =
pipiens</EM>).=20
The next ten or so were Japanese Mosquito (<EM>Ochlerotatus =
japonicus</EM>).=20
This species was first found in North America in New&nbsp;Jersey in =
1998. It was=20
first reported in New Brunswick&nbsp; in 2005. It was reported in Nova =
Scortia=20
in 2008 (Jeff Ogden).&nbsp; It may&nbsp; prove to be one of the most =
common=20
mosquitoes in the HRM. Its rapid expansion is amazing, spreading in 13 =
years to=20
more than twenty states and at least four provinces.</DIV>
<DIV>It is a container breeding species and beautifully colored with a =
striped=20
golden back, silver spots on the thorax and abdomen and black legs =
broadly=20
striped with white below the joints.</DIV>
<DIV>Jim Edsall <BR>Dartmouth, N.S.<BR>check out my personal website at =
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