New Distribution Records of Mosquitoes In Washington State.

Routine West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance in 2016 by the Washington State Department of Health resulted in 1 new state distribution record for Aedes hendersoni, bringing the total number of mosquito species reported from Washington to 52. We also report new county records for Aedes japonicus japonicus, Aedes togoi, and Culex salinarius .

New distribution records of mosquitoes in eastern Washington State.

The records of mosquito species in eastern Washington State are sparse, relative to other areas of the state. To improve the knowledge of mosquito diversity and activity in eastern Washington, mosquito surveillance activities were conducted during the summers of 2007 and 2008, which resulted in the collection of 8 species of mosquitoes from 4 counties where they had not been previously recorded.