Aedes geniculatus, also known as the tree hole mosquito, is closely related to the better known Asian tiger mosquito and is native to Europe and North Africa.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tree Hole Mosquito being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Culicidae
- Genus
- Aedes
- Species
- Aedes geniculatus
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