List of Aedes species
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The large 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...

 genus Aedes
Aedes
Aedes is a genus of mosquito originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents excluding Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity. Aedes albopictus, a most invasive species was recently spread to the New World, including the U.S., by the used...

 includes the following species. Where known, this list will indicate whether the species bites man and any pathogens the species carries:

List

  • Aedes aboriginis - northwest coast mosquito
    • Bites man
  • Aedes abserratus - woodland floodwater mosquito
    • Bites man, carries Jamestown Canyon virus
  • Aedes aegypti
    Aedes aegypti
    The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti is a mosquito that can spread the dengue fever, Chikungunya and yellow fever viruses, and other diseases. The mosquito can be recognized by white markings on legs and a marking in the form of a lyre on the thorax...

     - yellow fever mosquito
    • Bites man, carries chikungunya
      Chikungunya
      Chikungunya virus is an insect-borne virus, of the genus Alphavirus, that is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. There have been recent breakouts of CHIKV associated with severe illness...

      , dengue fever
      Dengue fever
      Dengue fever , also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles...

      , heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

      , Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus
      Ross River virus
      Ross River virus is a small encapsulated single-strand RNA alphavirus endemic to Australia, Papua New Guinea and other islands in the South Pacific. It is responsible for a type of mosquito-borne non-lethal but debilitating tropical disease known as Ross River fever, previously termed "epidemic...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

      , yellow fever
      Yellow fever
      Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family....

  • Aedes africanus
  • Aedes albolineatus
  • Aedes alboniveus
  • Aedes albopictus - Asian tiger mosquito
    • Bites man, carries Cache Valley virus, chikungunya
      Chikungunya
      Chikungunya virus is an insect-borne virus, of the genus Alphavirus, that is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. There have been recent breakouts of CHIKV associated with severe illness...

      , dengue fever
      Dengue fever
      Dengue fever , also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles...

      , Eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes albolineatus
  • Aedes alboscutellatus
  • Aedes aloponotum
  • Aedes amesii
  • Aedes annulipes
  • Aedes arboricola
  • Aedes argenteoventralis
  • Aedes atlanticus
    • Carries Keystone virus, West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes atropalpus also spelled Aedes atropalpos
    • Bites man, carries La Crosse virus, Plasmodium gallinaceum
      Plasmodium gallinaceum
      Plasmodium gallinaceum is a species of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in poultry.- Description :...

      , St. Louis encephalitis
      St. Louis Encephalitis
      St. Louis Encephalitis is a disease caused by the Culex mosquito borne St. Louis Encephalitis virus. St. Louis encephalitis virus is related to Japanese encephalitis virus and is a member of the Flaviviridae subgroup. This disease mainly affects the United States...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes aurifer
    • Bites man
  • Aedes aurimargo
  • Aedes aurotaeniatus
  • Aedes axitiosus
  • Aedes barraudi
  • Aedes bekkui
  • Aedes bicristatus
    • Bites man
  • Aedes bimaculatus
    • Bites man
  • Aedes brelandi
    • Carries dengue fever
      Dengue fever
      Dengue fever , also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles...

  • Aedes brevitibia
  • Aedes burgeri
  • Aedes cacozelus
  • Aedes campestris
    • Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

      , Western equine encephalitis
  • Aedes canadensis - woodland pool mosquito
    • Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , Eastern equine encephalitis, heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

       Jamestown Canyon virus, La Crosse virus. lyme disease
      Lyme disease
      Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the main cause of Lyme disease in the United States, whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii cause most...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes cantans
  • Aedes cantator - brown saltmarsh mosquito
    • Bites man, carries Eastern equine encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon virus, West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes caspius
  • Aedes cataphylla - woodland floodwater mosquito
    • Carries heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

      , Jamestown Canyon virus
  • Aedes cavaticus
  • Aedes churchillensis
  • Aedes cinereus
    Aedes cinereus
    Aedes cinereus is a mosquito species in the genus Aedes.-External links:* * *...

    • Bites man, carries Bunyamwera virus, California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , Eastern equine encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon virus, Sindbis virus
      Sindbis virus
      Sindbis Virus is a member of the Togaviridae family, in the alphavirus subfamily. The virus was first isolated in 1952 in Cairo, Egypt. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes SINV causes sindbis fever in humans and the symptoms include arthralgia, rash and malaise...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes clivis
    • Bites man
  • Aedes communis - woodland floodwater mosquito
    • Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , Jamestown Canyon virus, Sindbis virus
      Sindbis virus
      Sindbis Virus is a member of the Togaviridae family, in the alphavirus subfamily. The virus was first isolated in 1952 in Cairo, Egypt. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes SINV causes sindbis fever in humans and the symptoms include arthralgia, rash and malaise...

  • Aedes coulangesi
  • Aedes cretinus
    • Bites man
  • Aedes dasyorrhus
  • Aedes decticus
  • Aedes deserticola - western treehole mosquito
    • Bites man
  • Aedes desmotes
  • Aedes diantaeus
  • Aedes domesticus
  • Aedes dorsalis - summer saltmarsh mosquito
    • Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

      , Western equine encephalitis
  • Aedes dupreei
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes eldridgei
  • Aedes epactius
    • Carries St. Louis encephalitis
      St. Louis Encephalitis
      St. Louis Encephalitis is a disease caused by the Culex mosquito borne St. Louis Encephalitis virus. St. Louis encephalitis virus is related to Japanese encephalitis virus and is a member of the Flaviviridae subgroup. This disease mainly affects the United States...

  • Aedes esoensis
  • Aedes euedes
  • Aedes excrucians - woodland mosquito
    • Bites man, carries heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

      , Sindbis virus
      Sindbis virus
      Sindbis Virus is a member of the Togaviridae family, in the alphavirus subfamily. The virus was first isolated in 1952 in Cairo, Egypt. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes SINV causes sindbis fever in humans and the symptoms include arthralgia, rash and malaise...

  • Aedes fitchii - woodland mosquito
    • Bites man, carries Aleutian mink disease, heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes flavescens
    • Carries heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

      , Western equine encephalitis
  • Aedes fulvus
    • Bites man, carries Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
      Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
      Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne viral pathogen that causes Venezuelan equine encephalitis or encephalomyelitis . VEE can affect all equine species, such as horses, donkeys, and zebras. After infection, equines may suddenly die or show progressive central nervous system...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes furcifer
  • Aedes futunae
  • Aedes ganapathi
  • Aedes geminus
  • Aedes gombakensis
  • Aedes grassei
  • Aedes grossbecki
    • Bites man, carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes harinasutai
  • Aedes helenae
  • Aedes hendersoni
  • Aedes hesperonotius
    • Carries heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

      , La Crosse virus, Plasmodium gallinaceum
      Plasmodium gallinaceum
      Plasmodium gallinaceum is a species of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in poultry.- Description :...

  • Aedes hexodontus - woodland floodwater mosquito
    • Bites man, carries Jamestown Canyon virus, snowshoe hare virus
  • Aedes horotoi
  • Aedes impiger
    • Bites man
  • Aedes implicatus
    • Bites man, carries snowshoe hare virus
  • Aedes imprimens
  • Aedes increpitus - woodland mosquito
    • Bites man
  • Aedes inermis
  • Aedes infirmatus
    • Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , Keystone virus, trivittatus virus, West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

      , Western equine encephalitis
  • Aedes intrudens
    • Bites man, carries Jamestown Canyon virus
  • Aedes japonicus
  • Aedes koreicus
  • Aedes kochi
  • Aedes kompi
  • Aedes lineatopennis
  • Aedes madagascarensis
  • Aedes marshallii
  • Aedes masculinus
  • Aedes mediolineatus
  • Aedes mefouensis
  • Aedes melanimon
    • Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

      , Western equine encephalitis
  • Aedes mercurator
  • Aedes meronephada
  • Aedes michaelikati
  • Aedes mitchellae
    • Carries Eastern equine encephalitis, Tensaw virus
  • Aedes mohani
  • Aedes monticola - western treehole mosquito
  • Aedes muelleri
  • Aedes nevadensis
  • Aedes ngong
  • Aedes nigripes
    • Bites man
  • Aedes nigromaculis - pasture floodwater mosquito
    • Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus
      California encephalitis virus was discovered in Kern County, California and causes encephalitis in humans. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that can cause minor symptoms, such as headaches, to more severe symptoms such as seizures...

      , St. Louis encephalitis
      St. Louis Encephalitis
      St. Louis Encephalitis is a disease caused by the Culex mosquito borne St. Louis Encephalitis virus. St. Louis encephalitis virus is related to Japanese encephalitis virus and is a member of the Flaviviridae subgroup. This disease mainly affects the United States...

      , West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

      , Western equine encephalitis
  • Aedes niphadopsis
  • Aedes niveus
  • Aedes nummatus
  • Aedes ostentatio
  • Aedes palpalis
  • Aedes pembaensis
  • Aedes pexus
  • Aedes pionops
  • Aedes polynesiensis
    Aedes polynesiensis
    Aedes polynesiensis is only found in the South Pacific on the islands of Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Ellice Islands, Fiji Islands, Hoorn Islands, Marquesas Islands, Pitcairn Island, Samoa Islands, Society Islands, Tokelau Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago. It is the vector of both the dengue virus...

    • Bites man, carries Wuchereria bancrofti
      Wuchereria bancrofti
      Filaria, is a parasitic filarial nematode spread by a mosquito vector. It is one of the three parasites that cause lymphatic filariasis, an infection of the lymphatic system by filarial worms. It affects over 120 million people, primarily in Africa, South America, and other tropical and...

      , dengue fever
      Dengue fever
      Dengue fever , also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles...

  • Aedes provocans
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes pseudoniveus
  • Aedes pseudonummatus
  • Aedes pulchritarsis
  • Aedes pullatus
  • Aedes pulverulentus
  • Aedes punctodes
  • Aedes punctor
  • Aedes purpureipes
  • Aedes purpureifemur
  • Aedes rempeli
  • Aedes riparius
  • Aedes rusticus
    Aedes rusticus
    Aedes rusticus, it is a relatively common European mosquito, that is often responsible for human bites from May to August. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.-Distribution:...

  • Aedes scapularis
  • Aedes schizopinax
  • Aedes scutellaris
    Aedes scutellaris
    Aedes scutellaris is a mosquito found in Ambon, Aru Islands, Seram, New Guinea. It is a vector for the dengue virus....

  • Aedes sierrensis
  • Aedes sollicitans
    Aedes sollicitans
    Aedes sollicitans, the eastern saltmarsh mosquito , is a species of mosquito native to the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada as well as the entire Gulf coast and is also present in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles...

    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes spencerii
  • Aedes spilotus
  • Aedes squamiger
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes sticticus
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes stimulans
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes stricklandi
  • Aedes sylvaticus
  • Aedes taeniorhynchus
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes taylori
  • Aedes thelcter
  • Aedes thibaulti
  • Aedes thomsoni
  • Aedes tiptoni
  • Aedes togoi
  • Aedes tormentor
  • Aedes tortilis
  • Aedes triseriatus
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes trivittatus
    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

  • Aedes turneri
  • Aedes varipalpus
  • Aedes ventrovittis
  • Aedes vexans
    Aedes vexans
    Aedes vexans is a cosmopolitan and common pest mosquito. It is a known vector of Dirofilaria immitis ; Myxomatosis ; and tahyna-virus, a seldom-diagnosed Bunyaviridae, a disease which affects humans in Europe with fever which disappears after two days, but afterward can cause Encephalitis or...

    • Carries West Nile virus
      West Nile virus
      West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...

      , heartworm
      Heartworm
      Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...

  • Aedes vigilax known after the year 2000 as Ochlerotatus
    Ochlerotatus
    Ochlerotatus is a genus of mosquito. It was formerly part of Aedes, but now they are two separate genera....

     vigilax
    • Carries Ross River virus
      Ross River virus
      Ross River virus is a small encapsulated single-strand RNA alphavirus endemic to Australia, Papua New Guinea and other islands in the South Pacific. It is responsible for a type of mosquito-borne non-lethal but debilitating tropical disease known as Ross River fever, previously termed "epidemic...

  • Aedes vittatus
  • Aedes washinoi
  • Aedes wauensis
  • Aedes zoosophus


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