Thread subject: Diptera.info :: French mosquito
Posted by Little Smurf on 12-09-2019 14:15
#1
Hi.
For my first subject, any chance to ID this mosquito?
I think it's a
Culex.
~5mm
Fos-sur-Mer - south of France
Thanks
Edited by Little Smurf on 12-09-2019 14:17
Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-09-2019 21:28
#2
The abdomen is too pointed to be a
Culex. This is
Aedes (
sensu lato), possibly
Ochlerotatus leucomelas, but I can't be sure from a photo.
Posted by Little Smurf on 13-09-2019 08:53
#3
Thank you for this first elements.
However,
Ochlerotatus leucomelas seems not present in Mediterranean France.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-09-2019 09:15
#4
I am not familiar with the Mediterranean mosquito fauna, so can't really help any further. We may just have to leave it as
Ochlerotatus species.