Culex tarsalis  (Mosquito)

Photo of Culex tarsalis by <a href="http://www.sfu.ca/~belton">Peter Belton</a>

© Peter Belton (Photo ID #1247)

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Photo Location Maple Ridge
Photographer Peter Belton
Habitat Roadside ditch
Photo Date
Upload Date March 01, 2007
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Photo ID # 1247
Comments 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.