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Kiser Lake (previously also known as Mosquito Lake) is a reservoir in Champaign County, Ohio, United States, It is located approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northwest of St. Paris and 34 miles (55 km) north of Dayton along Ohio State Route 235, at
Mosquito Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. The 11.5-mile (18.5 km) long stream is a confluence of the Mahoning River. [1] Mosquito Creek was descriptively named for the mosquitos which were once frequent there. [2] Native Americans called this creek the Tawawa. [3] The creek runs from SE of Warren, Ohio, to Mosquito Creek Lake in ...
There are 112 genera of mosquitoes, containing approximately 3,500 species. [1]Human malaria is transmitted only by females of the genus Anopheles.Of the approximately 430 Anopheles species, while over 100 are known to be able to transmit malaria to humans, only 30–40 commonly do so in nature.
A 2023 study suggested that Libanoculex intermedius found in Lebanese amber, dating to the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous, around 125 million years ago was the oldest known mosquito. [86] However its identification as a mosquito is disputed, with other authors considering it to be a chaoborid fly instead. [87]
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Coquillettidia perturbans is a species of mosquito that have been documented in every continent except Antarctica. [1] This mosquito is a known as a vector of West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalomyelitis. [2] [3] The geographic range of C. perturbans is increasing due to the growing extensity of the feeding area.
West Sister Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio located in the Western Basin of Lake Erie.The 82 acres (33 ha) island, jointly managed by the United States Coast Guard and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is Ohio's only designated Wilderness Area, the West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge.
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