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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Culicomorpha » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Ochlerotatus » Ochlerotatus communis
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Mosquito - Ochlerotatus communis - female
Copyright © 2004 Charley Eiseman

Mosquito - Ochlerotatus communis - Female
Vermont, USA
June 5, 2004

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 August, 2009 - 5:54pm
Last updated 23 August, 2009 - 12:00pm

Moved
Moved from Ochlerotatus abserratus.
… Sean McCann, 23 August, 2009 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 August, 2009 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

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I think this might possibly be Culiseta impatiens. You wouldn't happen to have any more shots of this, would you?
… Sean McCann, 23 August, 2009 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
Just one more
Almost exactly the same angle, but a little blurrier and not so overexposed.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 August, 2009 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks! I see that the abdomen is pointed. I would say this is Ochlerotatus communis
… Sean McCann, 23 August, 2009 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry. I revised my comment a
Sorry. I revised my comment and would say it is communis.
… Sean McCann, 23 August, 2009 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

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