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Hi everyone, my first post here!

This mosquito pic was taken on 2nd August, Lincoln UK. It looks to me like the male Culex pipiens with the exception of having a fatter abdomen with a dark patch. The back has striping.

Thanks for any help! :)

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I don't see the pic which I uploaded. Do I have to request permission for this?

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Having another attempt to upload the pic.

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I have another pic from 5 days earlier, it looks to be the same animal but has a smaller dark patch under the abdomen.

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Don't know what I'm doing wrong but I'm having trouble posting the pic! It's only 23.3kb, 375x300.

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I found a list of mosquitoes in the UK if that is of any help. :|

http://www.cieh-n..._Isles.pdf

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Difficult to be 100% sure, but I think Culex pipiens is the most likely species. The dark patch is her blood meal, and the paler splodge is a fat body, or a batch of eggs - hence the fat abdomen.

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Thanks Tony, so I guess the female in the first pic has sucked a lot more blood! It's possibly the same one as the second pic, as it was 5 days earlier, but I really don't know how many of these I could expect to have around!

Do you think this is sufficient to post the pics in the Gallery as there are none there? Perhaps with a note of nearly 100% certainty?

Janet

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If these were in your garden, there are likely to be lots - in my experience they are the commonest mosquito that breeds in garden situations in Britain.

I think it is worth posting the first as Culex sp., though it's difficult to be absolutely certain of its identity - but it does show the typical resting pose of a culicine.

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Yes they were in my garden, I have a small fly wildlife reserve going here! Just need the larger megapix camera, my 5mp is doing a good job but not good enough.

I will post the first pic as a sp. as you say, need to get permission first I think. Thanks,

Janet