7955

ID#:	7955
Description:	This 2005 photograph shows a close-up view of a Culex Tarsalis mosquito resting on a piece of fabric. Note the light-colored band wrapped around its dark-scaled proboscis (arrowhead), and though not noticeably apparent, if you look closely, the multiple similarly light-colored bands wrapped around its distal appendages, i.e., the tibia and femur, characteristics that identify this as a C. tarsalis. C. tarsalis are medium-sized medium sized mosquitoes, the epidemiologic importance of which lies in its ability to spread Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE), St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE), and California Encephalitis, and is currently the main vector of West Nile virus in the Western United States.
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Content Providers(s):	CDC
Creation Date:	2005
Photo Credit:	James Gathany
Links:	CDC – Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases – West Nile Virus
Categories:	CDC Organization MeSH Biological Sciences Environment and Public Health Public Health Disease Transmission Disease Vectors Arthropod Vectors Insect Vectors Organisms Animals Invertebrates Arthropods Insects Diptera Culicidae Culex
Copyright Restrictions:	None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
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