Abstract

The results of one season's mosquito collecting in Algonquin Park are presented giving data on relative abundance, seasonal distribution, and habitat of larvae and adults.General correlations between mosquito distribution and vegetation, and distribution and exposure are mentioned.The list of species found in the Park now includes 3 species of Anopheles, 17 of Aedes, 3 of Culiseta, 2 of Culex, 1 of Wyeomia, and 1 of Mansonia. Twenty-one of these 27 species have been taken biting man. Of these the most common in order of time of peak abundance were Aedes communis, Aedes punctor, Mansonia perturbans, and Aedes canadensis.

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