Female and Male mosquitoes feed on plant nectars Only the female bites and takes a blood meal for the sole purpose of reproduction
Female Culex pipien feeding on cantaloupe
Mosquito Larvae
Culex tarsalis (can vector the WNV but most noted for the transmission of St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) and Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE)) Photo by Gina Hampton
The 'House Mosquito' Main vector, or carrier, of St. Louis Encephalitis, West Nile Virus, Western Equine Encephalitis, Heartworm in dogs, and bird malaria
Aedes vexans (a flood water species) (Vector of WNV & Dog Heartworm) Most abundant mosquito in the Animas Valley