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Confirm Mosquitoe ? - Coquillettidia perturbans - female
Copyright © 1969 Mardon Erbland

Confirm Mosquitoe ? - Coquillettidia perturbans - Female
47.63046N 52.68742W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
December 31, 1969
Size: 8 mm body length
I think that this is a mosquitoe but it looks kind of different than others I've seen. I'd appreciate a confirmation that it is in fact a mosquitoe so that it can be safely moved to Culicidae . Thanks.

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Confirm Mosquitoe ? - Coquillettidia perturbans - female Confirm Mosquitoe ? - Coquillettidia perturbans - female
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 15 July, 2009 - 8:23pm
Last updated 9 September, 2009 - 12:36pm

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Mardon Erbland, 9 September, 2009 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

sorry it took me a while
this is another Coquillettidia perturbans.
… Sean McCann, 9 September, 2009 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

Mosquito
That is a female mosquito. Imagine it without the blood and you'll see the white bands or spots on the abdomen found in many species. Note also long proboscis and long hind legs held up.
… John F. Carr, 15 July, 2009 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you again.
Thank you (again) John for the information and ID confirmation. I was pretty sure it was a mosquito but I'd never seenthe hind legs held like that before and I'd never seen one with that much blood. It looks to be like this gal really gourged herself. Do they take blood from the same individual more than once within a short interval of time? That is, can one mosquito bite me multiple times? I'll move to Culicidae.
… Mardon Erbland, 16 July, 2009 - 5:33am login or register to post comments

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