common house mosquito
northern house mosquito
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In the common house mosquito, higher levels of Wolbachia density were correlated with more insecticide resistance.

The Asian tiger mosquito is similar, in terms of their close socialization with humans, to the common house mosquito ('Culex pipiens').

Culex pipiens (the common house mosquito) is a species of blood-feeding mosquito of the family Culicidae.

More than 40 species of mosquito can be found on the Island, but so far only the common house mosquito has been found to carry the West Nile virus.

While some mosquito species are stirring already, Culex pipiens, also known as the common house mosquito, does not become active until summer; its prime season is August and September.

They are altering their habits in ways large and small to protect against Culex pipiens, the common house mosquito that breeds in standing water and carries the West Nile virus from birds to people.

In terms of biting, some of Long Island's most troubling species are Culex pippians, the common house mosquito; Aedes vexans, the floodwater mosquito, and Aedes sollicitans, the salt-marsh mosquito.

Mr. Andreadis said that while West Nile virus is not as dangerous as Eastern equine encephalitis, it poses a greater threat of an epidemic because the mosquito most likely to carry it, the common house mosquito, is virulent in neighborhoods where the disease can spread quickly.

Then came the news that, somehow or other, a native mosquito, Culex pipiens, the so-called common house mosquito that hangs out in storm sewers and sump pumps but rarely bites people, had acquired an exotic virus that could cause a fatal brain infection, West Nile encephalitis.

Dr. Andrew Spielman, a public health entomologist and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, said that the main carrier of the West Nile virus, the common house mosquito, tends to breed in catch basins, blocked drainage areas and other places with "accumulations of foul water."

This time a a prolonged drought produced a large supply of the northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens, which happens to be particularly efficient at transmitting certain viruses from birds to humans.

A bioassay Culex pipiens was followed to test the activities.

A prime example is the ace-1 locus in house mosquitoes, Culex pipiens.

The primary carrier appears to be a species called Culex pipiens, which almost always bites birds.

The common gnat is the species Culex pipiens.

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 Culex pipiens mosquitoes carry the disease, and most people who contract the virus do not develop symptoms.

The most likely vector, the Culex pipiens mosquito, is found virtually everywhere in the metropolitan area.

Last year, the virus was found in just one species of mosquito, Culex pipiens, which bites mostly at dusk and during the night.

They also believed that their mosquitoes were not the same species, culex pipiens, as those carrying the virus in the other boroughs.

Among other differences in their biology, 'Culex pipiens' prefer larger breeding waters and are more tolerant to the cold.

It evolved from the overground species Culex pipiens.

The female culex pipiens - the common household mosquito - lays her eggs on the surface of pools and puddles.

Mr. Feeney said the service is working to eradicate Culex pipiens throughout the federal park.

When he arrived in New York, Nash knew nothing about a house mosquito called Culex pipiens.

But Culex pipiens, the type of mosquito that government agencies are devoted to wiping out, is far less of a menace than ticks.

Night-biting culex pipiens obliged first; now day-biting Aedes japonicus has made the risk a 24-hour affair.

Drought, he said, helps the mosquito species Culex pipiens, which plays a major role in spreading West Nile.

The Asian tiger mosquito is similar, in terms of their close socialization with humans, to the common house mosquito ('Culex pipiens').

Mr. DiDomenico said he has not ordered that testing this year because only a few culex pipiens mosquitoes have been caught in Essex.

Moreover, Culex pipiens, the species that carries the St. Louis and West Nile viruses, is an urban creature.

S. culicis has been found in Culex pipiens and the genera Eukiefferiella and Chironomus.

Mosquitoes: the most common are Culex pipiens, Culex restuans and Aedes vexans.

However, unlike the infamous Culex pipiens, a freshwater mosquito, saltwater mosquitoes are not known to carry the West Nile virus or other diseases.

The species of mosquito known to carry St. Louis encephalitis - culex pipiens - has bred in the past at all six locations, Dr. Crans said.

While some mosquito species are stirring already, Culex pipiens, also known as the common house mosquito, does not become active until summer; its prime season is August and September.

The target of is Culex pipiens, a species that breeds in fresh water with high levels of organic matter, like puddles and ditches, and in fresh-water wetlands.