Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Nematocera > Infraorder Culicomorpha > Superfamily Culicoidea > Family Culicidae > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Aedini > Genus Aedes > Genus Aedes subg. Aedimorphus > Species Aedes vexans
My image of Aedes vexans, taken DATEANDPLACE
FACT: These mosquitoes are so named for the female's laying habits, where she places her eggs in easily-flooded areas for them to hatch when they're submerged!
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