Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicidae sp

Posted by crex on 30-08-2006 11:32
#1
From midwest Sweden 2006-05-26. Wings not longer than abdomen fits Chaoboridae, but the antenna doesn't quite look like the other. Not long enough front legs for a Chironomidae. Is it perhaps Culicidae? Mysterious antenna on this one ... Sorry 'bout the quality.

Edit: Changed subject (Chaoboridae?)
Edited by crex on 30-08-2006 21:24

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-08-2006 12:46
#2
With such a long proboscis: Culicidae without doubt. :)

Posted by crex on 30-08-2006 13:19
#3
Ok, thnx. Does both male and female have those snouts (proboscis)?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 30-08-2006 21:15
#4
The long, feathery mouthparts are typical of male Culicidae. The female mouthparts are as long, but simpler (and much more painful!)
The antennae are very bushy (another indication of a male), but in this case the antennal hairs are folded forwards. In Culicidae and Ceratopogonidae, the bushy antennae are often of this form.