Culex tarsalis
(Mosquito)
©
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
Elevation (m)
Latitude
Longitude
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.