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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Anopheles » Anopheles punctipennis
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Mosquito - Anopheles punctipennis - female
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Mosquito - Anopheles punctipennis - Female
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
January 16, 2009
Size: 9 mm (excluding legs)
Lone individual attracted to desk lamp in dim room. It has been extremely cold outside the last two days (-12 to -18 degrees F at dawn), so it must have come from within a warmer part of my old farmhouse. Seems to be near death, kept flipping into its back whenever I tried to get a dorsal view. Edge of penny in first photo provides scale.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 16 January, 2009 - 10:17pm
Last updated 11 March, 2009 - 10:57am

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… Sean McCann, 17 January, 2009 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

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Looks like Anopheles punctipennis, a mosquito. The females overwinter in protected areas, but if it is too warm, they will die before spring comes.
… Sean McCann, 17 January, 2009 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Dorsal photo added
Thanks, Sean! In reading the information for A. punctipennis, I see that the wing pattern is needed, so I took another photo after finally flipping it over for a dorsal view today. (It spent the whole day immobile on my desk, finally expiring there this evening.) I see the pale subcostal spot.
… John Pearson, 18 January, 2009 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

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