It is a carrier for encephalitic viruses including Venezuelan equine encephalitis[3] and can transmit Dirofilaria immitis.

[5] This mosquito has been studied to investigate its development, physiological markers, and behavioral patterns, including periodic cycles for biting, flight, and swarming.

taeniorhynchus living in the Galapagos Islands show genetic differentiation between coastal and highland mosquito populations.

[12] Data indicates minimal gene flow between the populations that only occurs during periods of heightened rainfall.

[18] Similarly, this species can also be distinguished from Aedes albopictus, commonly known as the Asian Tiger Mosquito, as Ae.

taeniorhynchus is widely distributed across North and South America, though more highly concentrated in southern regions.

[20][21] At the time of the fly's initial discovery the species resided in coastal regions, and then gradually moved towards the interior of the Americas.

taeniorhynchus resides in habitats with a temporary water source, making mangrove and salt marshes or other areas with moist soil popular locations for egg laying and immature growth.

[25] Factors controlling the scale of A. taeniorhynchus growth during pre-emergence depend on environmental conditions matching moisture level and temperature.

[28] Generally favorable factors can turn negative at extreme values, causing survival rate to decline.

Growth and pupation of this species were found to be affected by environmental factors of nutrition, population density, salinity, light-dark, and temperature.

[30] In the fourth instar, increased food sped up development time while crowding and salinity stunted growth.

[32] Fourth-instar larvae were noted to drink sea water (100 nL/h) and secrete hyperosmotic fluid through the rectum.

[34] Aggregations produced pupa with slightly heavier dry body weights and promoted developmental synchronization in ecdysis and greater likelihood of migration at emergence.

[8] Males initially travel with females until they hit a 1–2 miles (1.6–3.2 km) stopping point, where they replace migration with swarming.

[35] Larval dependence on a blood meal can be influenced to make mosquitoes less autogenous, by not allowing females to feed on sugar and imposing other dietary changes.

taeniorhynchus on birds, studies suggest the species is an opportunistic feeder, in which it feeds more on the most readily available, easily accessible organisms.

[39] Experimental studies show that both sexes can survive on a sugar-only diet for 2–3 months, but females require blood meals for egg production.

[40] In females, supplementation of a blood meal in autogenous mosquitoes increased both egg production and lifespan.

[42] Carbohydrate feedings of female mosquitoes in a laboratory setting indicated that carbohydrates glucose, fructose, mannose, galactose, sucrose, trehalose, melibiose, maltose, raffinose, melizitose, dextrin, mannitol, and sorbitol are most effective to aid survival; arabinose, rhamnose, fucose, sorbose, lactose, cellobiose, inulin, a-methyl mannoside, dulcitol, and inositol are not used by the species; xylose, glycogen, a-methyl glucoside, and glycerol are used but at a slow metabolic rate; and sorbose could not be metabolized.

[46] Mating not only provides an opportunity for insemination but also contributes to vitellogenin synthesis in females, as experimental injections of male accessory gland fluid (MAGF) has been shown to cause release of corpus cardiacum (CC) stimulating factor in the ovaries, which spurs research of egg development neurosecretory hormone (EDNH).

[47] Other laboratory studies of the species noted an age dependence in both females and males for successful copulation and insemination.

[48] During mating, males can transfer substances produced from their accessory glands that affect female physiology and behavior.

[49] Females are known to practice oviposition, with preference for high moisture soils, with water saturation greater than 70%.

aegypti, and ovary derivation from a blood-fed mosquito caused corpus cardiacum stimulating factor production, indicating that the hormonal processes for oviposition are not species specific.

[23] These swarms form every evening and morning at a fixed location and time[23] and last for a maximum of 30 minutes.

taeniorhynchus in Florida, morning and evening swarms were typically halfway finished by the time point of 4 minutes before and after twilight, respectively.

taeniorhynchus,[58] and Goelomomyces psorophorae, a fungus impacting mosquito ovaries that stops egg maturity and kills all larvae.

taeniorhynchus because it flies very fast, and they start the blood extraction quickly, compared to the average mosquito, by wearing chemically treated protective clothing.

Clip-on Mosquito Repellent device, which releases pyrethroid insecticide metofluthrin in vapor form, was also evaluated against Ae.