Posted by Guenael on 31-08-2018 20:51
#1
Good evening,
Here is a Culicidae larva found in a pond in northern France this week:
I think it is an
Anopheles, but without any idea of the species.
Can you help me to determine it, I do not have a document that allows it.
thank you,
Guénael.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 31-08-2018 23:40
#2
Some of the required detail is not visible in the photo, but the pattern of dark marks on the head is typical of the
Anopheles maculipennis complex. Unfortunately I don't think there is any way to separate the species using morphological characters.