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Index of Subjects Mosquitoes in the Maritimes fall into many categories but four very braod ones. 1st , Spring snowmelt species. These species (by far the largest group) breed in areas where melting snow froms pools in woods and raises the level of semipermanent and permanent ponds,puddles etc. The peak of adult activity is early to mid June. Depending on where you lived in the maritimes this winter and how much snow you got, there could have been few (Halifax area) or billions (Southern New Brunswick) 2nd, In late July hordes of marsh species (Colliquettidia perturbans especially) fly but usually not far from breeding areas (i once trapped over 10,000 in a single night) 3rd, Late summer species that are the product of heavy rainfall followed by a few weeks of sunshine. They breed in puddles filled by rain. (Aedes vexans and Aedes cinereus) These are small and eager biters, capable of piercing blue jeans, they like to go for the back of the knees.They usually begin in early August. 4th , Species that breed without break for most of the year. This includes container breeding species but mainly coastal saltmarsh mosquitos, big and vicious. Because they migrate far inland they can affect many parts of Nova Scotia and all of PEI. They fly into November Jim Edsall Dartmouth, N.S. check out my personal website at http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/
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