Ochlerotatus sticticus

Ochlerotatus sticticus (synonym Aedes sticticus) is an uncommon mosquito, although the species can be abundant along river floodlands. It has been known to be responsible for human bites. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite. Ochlerotatus sticticus has a very patchy but wide distribution in temperate parts of Europe, Asia and North America. It has an episodic and patchy distribution in Iowa and Wisconsin. Not a huge amount is known of its life cycle. It is believed that they overwinter in the egg stage. Reinert, J.F.; Harbach, R.E.; Kitching, I.A.N.J (2004). 'Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages'. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 142 (3): 289–368. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00144.x.