Aedes bahamensis

Aedes bahamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Howardina
Species: A. bahamensis
Binomial name
Aedes bahamensis
Berlin

Aedes bahamensis, also known as Howardina bahamensis, is a mosquito native to the Caribbean and Bahamas,[1] which is also invasive in South Florida. The females of the species do not require a blood meal to produce eggs, although they will bite if starved of nectar or in order to produce a second brood.[2] They are thought to be capable of transmitting St. Louis encephalitis.[3][4]

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