| Aedes albopictus | Asian Tiger Mosquito | Lucky bamboo plants in nurseries and man-made containers | Potential vector for dengue fever, WNV, and other encephalitis viruses |
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| Aedes aegypti | Yellow Fever Mosquito | Urban environment indoors and outdoors in containers that can hold water. | Yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue fever |
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| Aedes notoscriptus | Australian Backyard Mosquito | Urban environment in outdoor containers that can hold water. | Canine heartworm vector |
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| Anopheles franciscanus | none | Shallow sunlit pools with algae | Not known to carry disease in California |
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| Anopheles hermsi | Western Malaria | Clear pools with matted algae | Malaria vector |
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| Culex erythrothorax | Tule Mosquito | Ponds, lakes, wildlife refuges, and marshes with tules and cattails | Potential vector for WNV |
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| Culex stigmatosoma | Banded Foul Water | Polluted water (e.g., industrial and agricultural wastes); prefers to bite birds | Secondary SLE vector |
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| Culex quinquefasciatus | Southern House Mosquito | Polluted water (e.g.,septic tanks, dairy drains, catch basins, and underground storm drains) | Vector of WNV; secondary for SLE and WEE |
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| Culex tarsalis | Western encephalitis Mosquito | Agricultural, commercial, man-made or natural sources | Principal SLE, WEE, and WNV vector |
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| Culex thriambus | none | Foothill riparian habitats, in sunlit pools, along streams and other water courses | Potential vector for WNV |
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| Culex restuans | none | Found in foul water | Potential vector for WNV |
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| Culiseta incidens, Culiseta inornata, Culiseta particeps | Cool Weather Mosquitoes | Fresh and brackish water and containers | Not known to carry disease in CA |
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| Ochlerotatus sierrensis | Western treehole mosquitp | Treeholes (particularly oak), tires, and containers | Carry heartworm vector |
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| Ochlerotatus washinoi | Woodland pond Mosquito | Occurs in floodwater habtiats | Not known to carry disease in CA |
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