Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culex Species says eklans.

Posted by Jim Senn on 03-12-2023 23:50
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2023-10-19, Badem, RLP, Germany; 2 photos of Anopheles mosquito cf maculipennis on house wall

Edited by Jim Senn on 04-12-2023 16:08

Posted by Jim Senn on 03-12-2023 23:50
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2nd photo.

Posted by eklans on 04-12-2023 08:44
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It's not an Anopheles sp. - Anopheles' palps are as long as it's proboscis. I cannot see enough details to be sure but I guess it's a Culex sp.

Posted by Jim Senn on 04-12-2023 16:07
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Thanks, Eric, hopefully I have learned something. Apparently, moving the palps & proboscis back & forth helps them pierce our skin without us feeling it -- or so I learned from being a nurse. thanks again.