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Plate and some Information from Mosquitoes of North America by Stanley Carpenter and Walter LaCasse
Culex territans
small size mosquito
Proboscis: Long, dark-scaled.
Palpi: short, dark
Head: Occiput with narrow curved ash-white to golden scales and brown erect forked dorsally, with broad dingy-white scales laterally.
Thorax: Integument of scutum usually light brown; scutum clothed with narrow light-brown scales, light gray to dark brown on some individuals, scales on anterior and lateral margins and the prescutellar space paler; a pair of indefinite submedian spots of pale scales often present near middle of scutum. Scutellum clothed with grayish scales and brown setae. Pleura with patches of broad white scales.
Abdomen: 1st tergite with median patch of dark scales; remaining tergites dark-brown to black-scaled with bronze to metallic blue-green reflection, each with a narrow apical band of white scales joining a triangular patch on either side. Venter clothed with grayish-white scales.
Legs: dark-scaled with bronze to metallic blue-green reflection except for small pale knee spots, pale posterior surface of femora and tibiae and a pale streak usually present on segment 1 of tarsi (pale posterior stripe on hind femur complete).
Wings: length 3.0 to 3.0 mm. narrow, dark scales.
Bionomics: Larvae found in semipermanent and permanent pools in streams, swamps, and ponds. They do not favor foul water. Larvae can be collected Spring, Summer or Fall. Females perfer to feed on cold-blooded vertebrates, particularly frogs. Females overwinter as adults in hibernation in colder areas. Flight range is short, only up to 1/8 mile.