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| Woodmen |
Posted on 22-11-2017 15:24
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Member Location: Kirov region, Russia Posts: 1690 Joined: 17.01.13 |
Russia, Kirov region. 18.07.2015. Is it possible to tell the genus? Vladimir.  
Edited by Woodmen on 23-11-2017 15:50 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 22-11-2017 19:05
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Aedes cinereus or Ae. geminus (not possible to separate the females morphologically). I am presuming that the female was just resting on the caterpillar - I have never heard of them feeding on one.
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| Woodmen |
Posted on 23-11-2017 15:50
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Member Location: Kirov region, Russia Posts: 1690 Joined: 17.01.13 |
Thank you very much, Tony! Regards Vladimir. |
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| Sergiy Filatov |
Posted on 23-11-2017 22:12
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Member Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine Posts: 259 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Hi, Vladimir I think you've spotted a very interesting and rarely reported phenomenon! You can find more about such behavior in mosquitoes in this paper (http://journals.p...ne.0025658). Very nice photos that worth to be in the Diptera Info's gallery! 
Edited by Sergiy Filatov on 23-11-2017 22:13 Cheers, Sergiy |
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| Woodmen |
Posted on 24-11-2017 06:01
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Member Location: Kirov region, Russia Posts: 1690 Joined: 17.01.13 |
Thank you very much, Sergiy! Frankly, I thought the female mosquito just sat down to relax. But, it turns out that she could feed on the hemolymph of the caterpillar... Regards Vladimir. |
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| brundlefly |
Posted on 28-11-2017 09:48
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Member Location: Posts: 130 Joined: 19.11.08 |
I believe the greyish color on this mosquito leans more towards Aedes rossicus. Aedes cinereus has a more reddish color to the thorax. Very interesting photo by way!
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 28-11-2017 16:44
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Sadly, I have no personal experience of rossicus - I was going on the contrast between the dark brown tergites and the paler brown notum, which is cited as a feature of cinereus, but literature descriptions are no substitute for specimens!
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| Woodmen |
Posted on 28-11-2017 18:09
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Member Location: Kirov region, Russia Posts: 1690 Joined: 17.01.13 |
Thank you very much, Anders! Regards Vladimir. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
