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Cattail Mosquito (suggested common name) Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae: Culicinae: Mansoniini)

Lethia R. Johnson, James P. Cuda, and Nathan Burkett-Cadena


Release Date: 5/28/2025

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-694, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2017. Revised September 2021 and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Lethia R. Johnson, Department of Biology; James P. Cuda, professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology; and Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Alan Chambers
Alan Chambers

former assistant professor, genetics and breeding of tropical fruits, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead FL 

Ali Sarkhosh
Ali Sarkhosh
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor and Extension specialist, fruit crops, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL

James Cuda
James Cuda
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Nathan Burkett-Cadena
Nathan Burkett-Cadena
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, mosquito ecology and biology of disease hosts, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Vero Beach, FL

Jonathan Crane
Jonathan Crane
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, tropical fruit crop specialist, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Amir Rezazadeh
Amir Rezazadeh
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent II, Ph.D., fruit/field crops, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County, Ft. Pierce, FL

Mark Bailey
Mark Bailey
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent II, M.S., sustainable agriculture/food systems, UF/IFAS Extension Marion County, Ocala, FL

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