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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Culicini » Culex
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Found on a bathroom wall - Culex - female
Copyright © 2007 John F. Carr

Found on a bathroom wall - Culex - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 23, 2007
Found indoors

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Found on a bathroom wall - Culex - female Head and lip detail - Culex - female Head detail (brightened) - Culex - female
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 23 October, 2007 - 10:56am
Last updated 23 October, 2007 - 12:14pm

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looks like Culex pipiens. The key would be to look at the light bands on the abdominal tergites. Cx. pipiens should have ones that are not straight sided, but rather shaped like crescents. The other similar Culex is restuans, and that sometimes has 2 light spots on the thorax (e.g.. I would say just put it in with pipiens.
… Sean McCann, 23 October, 2007 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
i think i
two spots on the other photo. Both are so closely related and are commonly mistaken for each other. Definitely a female Culex looking for a place to overwinter indoors
… Omar Fahmy, 23 October, 2007 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I added a brighter (edited) picture of the head and thorax and moved the lot to Culex (no species) since I can't tell the difference.
… John F. Carr, 23 October, 2007 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
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Could be a restuans then. Specimen in hand would be the way to go for this one.
… Sean McCann, 23 October, 2007 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

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