Vector	Disease caused	Peak biting times and areas
Anopheles mosquitos	Filariasis Malaria	Usually bite between sunset and sunrise. Peak biting hours may vary. Some species prefer to bite indoors, while others prefer outdoors.
Aedes mosquitos	Dengue fever Filariasis Yellow fever	Can bite throughout the day, often outside, but some important vectors bite inside.
Culex mosquitos	Filariasis Japanese encephalitis West Nile virus	Usually bite between sunset and sunrise often outdoors, but sometimes indoors.,
Mansonia mosquitos	Filariasis	Usually bite at night, mostly outdoors.
Midges	Mansonellosis Oropouche fever	Can bite throughout day, usually outdoors
Ticks	Anaplasmosis Babesiosis Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever Ehrlichioses Lyme disease Powassan encephalitis Q fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever Tick-borne encephalitis Tick-borne relapsing fever	Widely dispersed in forest vegetation, meadows, and grassy environments; wait on grasses or branches of low bushes for passing hosts. Some species are more aggressive and actively search out their host(s).
Fleas	Murine typhus Plague Tularemia	Found indoors and outdoors, often associated with a specific type of host, but will feed on a variety of mammals (including humans).
Body lice	Epidemic typhus Louse-borne relapsing fever Trench fever	Usually found in clothing, except when feeding on human host.
Sand flies	Leishmaniasis Sand fly fever	Usually bite at night; many bite outdoors, but some also feed indoors.
Black flies	Human onchocerciasis	Usually bite in the daytime, outdoors, in areas around rivers or streams.
Deer and horse flies (Tabanids)	Loiasis Tularemia	Active during the daytime outdoors, often during the sunniest hours; rarely feed indoors.
Tsetse flies (Glossina)	African Trypanosomiasis	Usually active during the daytime (though some important vector species are active at dusk or dawn) and usually bite outdoors
Triatomine/ reduviid bugs	American Trypanosomiasis	Active at night and usually feed indoors on human blood.

Note: References (87,88) in English and French, respectively, provide a series of detailed tables related to vectors, the diseases that they are associated with, and risk areas.