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Culex tarsalis (Western Encephalitis Mosquito)

Synonyms: Culex kelloggii; Culex willistoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Culex is a genus of mosquitoes, several species of which serve as vectors of one or more important diseases of birds, humans and other animals. The diseases they vector include arbovirus infections, West Nilevirus, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and avian malaria. They occur worldwide except for the extreme northern parts of the temperate zone, and are the most common form of mosquito encountered in some major US cities such as New York.
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Attributes

Hibernates [1]  Yes
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds
Diet [1]  Omnivore

Prey / Diet

Equus caballus (horse)[2]
Homo sapiens (man)[2]
Ovis aries (sheep)[2]
Sus scrofa (wild boar)[2]
Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)[2]

Predators

Dryophytes squirellus[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0