Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) geniculatus, Culicidae, Hungary
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| Xespok |
Posted on 03-09-2006 21:47
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
This was an ultradistinctive darkish mosquito. Unfortunately, the photos are not very good, since I could not shade my flash with one hand being there to feed the hungry female.
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| Xespok |
Posted on 03-09-2006 21:47
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Another view.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 03-09-2006 22:38
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
This is the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) - spreading rapidly through America and Europe and a vector for some very unpleasant diseases. There's plenty of information on-line.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 03-09-2006 22:53
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Are you sure? I think this is a different species. This image from my older web site shows A. albopictus from Japan, which is quite different. A. albopictus was the most common mosquito in Japan by distance. Of course tiger mosquitos could look quite different in other parts of the world. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 04-09-2006 01:25
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Perhaps I was too quick with my response.  I think you are right to question my identification. The white bands on the side of the thorax appear to be too wide for albopictus, and the hind tarsi lack the very wide white bands that are typical of this species. Perhaps someone with a better knowledge of the central European mosquito fauna can give you a more considered opinion. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 04-09-2006 17:21
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I am quite sure this time! Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) geniculatus - a species that breeds in rot-holes of trees (and does occur in Hungary and Britain, though I've never seen it).
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 04-09-2006 19:56
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
This sounds more probale. I found this mosquito in the forest after some extensive rains. I am pretty sure that I had never observed this mosquito before anywhere. I think this species is uncommon here. Pity that I could not make a better image. Though even these images came with some blood sacrifice. (Though I collected this fly, so it I took my revenge.) So far all mosquitos here were various shades of brown. Their sizes and morphologies were very different, and I am quite confident I have photos of at least a half a dozen species on my web site, but I have no literature to try to id them. |
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