Anopheles earlei

Anopheles earlei · Order: Diptera · Family: Culicidae

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Anopheles earlei
Photo: Owen Strickland, CC BY

Its larvae develop in cold, clear water of ponds and other small bodies that contain vegetation.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Anopheles earlei is a small mosquito.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

The larvae live in cold, clear water in ponds and small bodies of water with plant life.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found throughout North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Montana, Wisconsin, Alaska, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Hampshire.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Anopheles earlei photo 2
Photo: Owen Strickland, CC BY
Anopheles earlei photo 3
Photo: Public Health Image Library, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), Public domain
Anopheles earlei photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Anopheles earlei photo 5
Photo: Tyler Bishop, CC BY

Same family (Culicidae)

Asian Tiger MosquitoAsian Tiger MosquitoAedes albopictusCan spread germs or diseaseHouse Mosquito ComplexHouse Mosquito ComplexCulex pipiensCan spread germs or diseaseYellow Fever MosquitoYellow Fever MosquitoAedes aegyptiCan spread germs or diseaseInland Floodwater MosquitoInland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseAsian Bush MosquitoAsian Bush MosquitoAedes japonicusCan biteSouthern House MosquitoSouthern House MosquitoCulex quinquefasciatusCan spread germs or disease

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anopheles_earlei

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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