Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicidae, Aedes

Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-07-2014 20:36
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It's in alcohol (not good); it's lost most of its scales (not good).
But it is Culicinae, and it does have a fairly broad pale base to the hind metatarsus. Looking at the list of species recorded on RĂ©union, I'd say this was either Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus.