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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Mansoniini » Coquillettidia » Coquillettidia perturbans
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Mosquitoe - Is this Coquillettidia perturbans ? - Coquillettidia perturbans - female
Copyright © 2009 Mardon Erbland

Mosquitoe - Is this Coquillettidia perturbans ? - Coquillettidia perturbans - Female
47.63054N 52.68762W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 9, 2009
Size: 7mm head to wing tips
Photographed on my black jeans around dusk. Since it seems to be trying to get blood, I think it's a female mosquitoe. Is this correct?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 9 August, 2009 - 7:53pm
Last updated 10 August, 2009 - 4:59pm

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I don't recall seeing any cattails but our backyard does ajoin a boggy area that includes lots of sphagnum moss, peat, hummocks and a small pond. Maybe those types of conditions serve the same purpose as cattails?
… Mardon Erbland, 10 August, 2009 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

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It looks like it. The key for these is a light band on the proboscis and a light band in the middle of hindtarsomere 1. The salt and pepper wing scales are also good features.
There should be a pond with cattails nearby, as the larvae need to anchor into the roots of the submerged portions to breathe.
… Sean McCann, 10 August, 2009 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

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