Asian bush mosquito
The Asian bush mosquito is a mosquito from Japan and its neighbours that has travelled all over the world. On its back it has a shiny bronze pattern shaped like a little harp. Unlike many mosquitoes, it is busy in the daytime.
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Fun facts
Its babies grow in rock pools, tree holes, buckets and even old tyres full of rainwater.
It is the only mosquito whose babies are already busy in icy spring water when there is still snow around.
It gets through cold winters as an egg and hatches when it warms up.
It was first found in America in New York and New Jersey in 1998.
Each mum lays about a hundred eggs.
Most asked questions about Asian bush mosquito
?Where does the Asian bush mosquito come from?
From East Asia, like Japan, Korea and China. It has now spread to America and Europe.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aedes japonicus
- Named by
- Theobald, 1901
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Culicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Culicidae
- Lives on
- Asia, North America, South America, Europe
- Also known as
- Asian rock pool mosquito
Where the facts come from
- Aedes japonicus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by James Gathany, CDC. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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