Yellow+Fever+Mosquito

**Phyla**: Arthropoda

**Class**: Insecta

**Scientific Name**: Aedes aegypti

**Location**: Originated from Africa but spread to the Untied States. Found in Florida.

 **Size**: 4 to 7 millimeters

**Habitat**: Most commonly found in old flower pots, but like any other mosquito found near and around water.

**Life Cycle**: Early morning or late afternoon feeder, species is summer-active in the north and active all year in the south. Can live about two weeks to a month depending on environmental conditions.

**Male and Female Differences**: Females carry the disease Yellow Fever.

**Interesting Facts**:These mosquitoes may lay their eggs in the same containers where other mosquito species have laid their eggs. The Aedes aegytpi is particularly fond of human ankles.

**Human Impact**: These guys hurt humans more than the humans hurt them the only way humans could hurt them would be the smacking motion a human would make on their leg in turn killing them.

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