Posted by crex on 13-06-2007 18:08
#1
Location: Midwest Sweden (Dalsland)
Date: 2007-MAY-18
Habitat: Garden
Is it family Culicidae? Could anything more be said about this mosquito? :)
Edited by crex on 14-06-2007 13:44
Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-06-2007 21:07
#2
I'll suggest a male culicine (not certain, though! ;))
Posted by thope007 on 14-06-2007 12:51
#3
Hello crex! Yes it is a male mosquito (fam. Culicidae, subfam. Culicinae). The genus should most likely be Ochlerotatus and even if it is difficult to identify a male mosquito whithout examining the male genitalia it is probably a Ochlerotatus communis or Ochlerotatus punctor (the most common snow pool mosquitoes we have in middle Sweden early in the spring.
/thope007
Edited by thope007 on 14-06-2007 12:59