Aedes rusticus, it is a relatively common Europe

Europe

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an mosquito

Mosquito

Mosquitoes are members of a family of nematocerid flies: the Culicidae . The word Mosquito is from the Spanish and Portuguese for little fly...

, that is often responsible for human bites from May to August. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.

Distribution

Aedes rusticus has a patchy distribution, from Britain

Great Britain

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 (mainly southern), Belgium

Belgium

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, Denmark

Denmark

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, Poland

Poland

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, Russia

Russia

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, The Balkans

Balkans

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 and as far as Asia Minor

Asia Minor

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.

Life cycle

Following a mammal blood meal to provide sufficient protein

Protein

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 to produce eggs, females will lay their egg rafts in spring or summer in dried-up pools, they will hatch when the pools flood later in the year. They will overwinter in the 4th larva

Larva

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l stage, pupa

Pupa

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tion and adult emergence take place the following spring.