Identification
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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
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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 
Mosquito pupae
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