Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fresh watter insects 2 id ?
Posted by Marc T on 13-04-2014 06:19
#2
Hi BubikolRamios,
you already characterized the larvae as members of the Culicidae - the 2nd might be the pupa of the 1st!? Just a guess, can't say any further to species.
(By-the-way: maybe try at the section 'Diptera (eggs, larvae, pupae)')
Best regards,
Marc
Edited by Marc T on 13-04-2014 06:20
Posted by BubikolRamios on 13-04-2014 07:50
#3
Thanks.
Doh the second is not fixed as I would presume for pupa. It moves fast in contracting manner.
Edited by BubikolRamios on 13-04-2014 07:58
Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-04-2014 16:48
#5
BubikolRamios wrote:
Doh the second is not fixed as I would presume for pupa. It moves fast in contracting manner.
Culicidae are one of the few fly families with very active pupae - as they are exposed, rather than hidden, they need some means of escaping predators and their rapid movement certainly makes them difficult to catch.
Your larvae are
Aedes/
Ochlerotatus, but I can't see enough detail in your photos to take them further.
Edited by Tony Irwin on 13-04-2014 17:02
Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-04-2014 10:56
#7
I'm not sure why you feel this is
Culex pipiens - it is clearly an
Aedes (s.l.) species, probably
Ochlerotatus annulipes. If you check on a reliable site (Diptera.info!) for images of
Culex pipiens, you'll see that the legs have no pale rings, and that the palps are a different shape.
Edited by Tony Irwin on 16-04-2014 10:57
Posted by BubikolRamios on 16-04-2014 13:01
#8
OK, did not put ? mark on end of my statement. I was not so sure as it reads.
Thanks.