Handsome devil Males of this mosquito species, one of the most beautiful on Earth, display an elaborate courtship dance in which they wave one of their legs and swing their bodies back and forth. They sometimes court other males, too. Distribution: New World tropics, from Belize to northern Argentina. Breeding habitat: Deep rot holes in trees, where the low evaporation rate allows breeding throughout the dry season. Feeding: Most likely a daytime biter; hosts unknown (monkeys?). Diseases: Not incriminated as a vector, although a close relative transmits yellow fever to monkeys. |
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