Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicidae with plumose antennae --> Aedes sp. (male)
Posted by Tina S on 17-11-2020 02:18
#1
Hello,
I wanted to photograph this pretty mosquito from other perspectives, but it fled.
It is relatively big; compare with the size of the calyx of
Primula veris.
Data: Germany, Lower Saxony, Sehnde, Höver, dry grassland, surrounded by damp woods (Gaim), 75 m, 7 May 2020.
Best regards,
Tina.
Edited by Tina S on 17-11-2020 17:52
Posted by Tina S on 17-11-2020 02:18
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Posted by Tina S on 17-11-2020 02:18
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Posted by eklans on 17-11-2020 09:13
#4
Hi Tina, it's probably a male Aedes sp. - and I guess it may be A. geniculatus.
Greetings, Eric
Posted by Tony Irwin on 17-11-2020 11:08
#5
I think the palpomeres are too swollen for
geniculatus - also the pale basal bands on the tergites appear to be unbroken, so I think it is more likely to be
rusticus or similar
Posted by Tina S on 17-11-2020 17:52
#6
Thank you Eric, thank you Tony! This is therefore my first
Aedes sp. (I only had
Culex sp. and
Culiseta sp. yet - but at my place, indoors.)
Edited by Tina S on 17-11-2020 17:55