Adult Aedes mosquitoes have narrow, typically black bodies with unique patterns of light and dark scales on the abdomen and thorax and alternating light and dark bands on their legs. Females have a pointed abdomen tip. Aedes mosquitoes characteristically hold their bodies parallel to the resting surface, with the proboscis bent down.
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