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Culex tarsalis  (Mosquito)

Photo of Culex tarsalis by <a href="http://www.sfu.ca/~belton">Peter Belton</a>
© Peter Belton (Photo ID #1247)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Maple Ridge Photographer Peter Belton
Habitat Roadside ditch
Photo Date Upload Date March 01, 2007
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UTM Northing Photo ID # 1247
Notes Reared in lab. Photo in glass cage. Characteristic banded proboscis and legs. Culex tarsalis may be the principal vector of West Nile virus if and when it reaches BC.

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