Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Culicidae   >   Genus Uranotaenia   

Status:

Breeds only in permanent bodies of standing water that support vegetation and receive sunlight.

Description:

This is one of our smallest species of mosquito and is our only species with bright blue spots and stripes, which are only noticeable under good lighting conditions (J. Emm, pers. comm.).

There are 9 records in the project database.

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A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). This is one of our smallest yet most striking mosquitoes. Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Uranotaenia sapphirina in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/13/2018). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). The line of blue scales down the middle of the thorax distinguishes this species from the closely related Uranotaenia lowii which ranges through the southeastern United States. Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A male Uranotaenia sapphirina collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A male Uranotaenia sapphirina collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)


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