Mosquitoes

Mosquito BiologyMosquitoes undergo complete metamorphosis during their life cycle: egg, larvae, pupae, and adult.
The first three of these stages are spent in the water.
A mosquito can go from egg to adult mosquito in about 7 days, depending on species and environment.

Mosquito HabitatsEach mosquito has its own preferred larval habitat, season, and blood meal hosts.

Some mosquito habitats around your home might include:

Local MosquitoesThere are 23 different species of mosquito that occur in Shasta County:

Scientific Name	Common Name
Aedes bicristatus	Snowpool mosquito
Aedes fitchii	Snowpool mosquito
Aedes increpitus	Snowpool mosquito
Aedes melanimon	Irrigated pasture mosquito
Aedes nigromaculis	Irrigated pasture mosquito
Aedes sierrensis	Western treehole mosquito
Aedes vexans	Inland floodwater mosquito
Anopheles franciscanus	No common name
Anopheles feeborni	Western malaria mosquito
Anopheles occidentalis	No common name
Anopheles punctipennis	Woodland malaria mosquito
Culex apicalis	No common name
Culex boharti	Bohart's mosquito
Culex erythrothorax	Tule mosquito
Culex pipiens	Northern house mosquito
Culex stigmatosoma	Banded foul water mosquito
Culex tarsalis	Western encephalitis mosquito
Culex territans	No common name
Culex thriambus	No common name
Culiseta incidens	Cool weather mosquito
Culiseta inornata	Large winter mosquito
Culiseta particeps	No common name
Orthopodomyia signifera	White-lined mosquito
Coquillettidia perturbans	Cattail mosquito

Click here for information on Invasive Mosquitoes.