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Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)

Catherine Zettel Nalen andPhillip Kaufman
Contacts: Elena Rhodes

Release Date: 12/7/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in792-2009

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY-434, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2009. Revised March 2013, April 2016, June 2022, and February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Zettel, C., & Kaufman, P. (2009). Yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae). EDIS, 2009(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in792-2009

Authors

Catherine Zettel Nalen
Catherine Zettel Nalen
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University of Florida

former Extension technician, Honey Bee Research & Extension Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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Phillip Kaufman
Phillip Kaufman
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University of Florida

former professor/Extension entomologist, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, professor and department head, TAMU Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

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Contacts

Elena Rhodes
Elena Rhodes
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University of Florida

biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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