Genus Uranotaenia

Taxon ID: 36920

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Maryland Biodiversity Project has documented 1 taxa in Genus Uranotaenia.

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MBP has 10 records spanning four counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, and Harford).

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Uranotaenia sapphirina

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A <em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

A <em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

A <em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). This is one of our smallest yet most striking mosquitoes.

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

<em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

<em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

<em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

<em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/13/2018). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

<em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

<em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

A <em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

A <em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> 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 <em>Uranotaenia lowii</em> which ranges through the southeastern United States.

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

<em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

A male <em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

A male <em>Uranotaenia sapphirina</em> collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018).

Uranotaenia sapphirina - Media by Josh Emm. View Record

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