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Ochlerotatus
Photo#367451
Copyright © 2010
Ilona L.
mosquito -
Ochlerotatus
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 19, 2007
Dredging through some of my old photos I came across this one which I think is some kind of mosquito.
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Ilona L.
on 27 January, 2010 - 11:15am
Last updated 13 December, 2010 - 10:14pm
Ochlerotatus canadensis?
Ochlerotatus canadensis?
ID suggested on iNaturalist.
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Ilona L.
, 8 April, 2022 - 4:40pm
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Moved
Moved from
Mosquitoes
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Ilona L.
, 28 January, 2010 - 9:51am
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Ilona L.
, 27 January, 2010 - 7:42pm
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Nice!
Nice shot. I believe this is
Ochlerotatus japonicus
, but let's see if Sean McCann is still around to comment. I'm confident of the genus at least.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 27 January, 2010 - 1:50pm
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tricky
Okay, I wil have to think about this some more. It seems that it could be a
japonicus
with a very worn scutum, or perhaps something else.
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Sean McCann
, 27 January, 2010 - 9:11pm
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nope, it can't be japonicus,
nope, it can't be japonicus, the big rings on the fore tarsomeres are way too big....Now what is it?
canadensis
?
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Sean McCann
, 27 January, 2010 - 9:16pm
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Did you do a lot of post-processing on this? Might you have the original file or any other shots?
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Sean McCann
, 27 January, 2010 - 9:22pm
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mosquito
Oh great! A West Nile vector. This summer I'll see if I can get some more photographs of mosquitoes from around here. It's not like we have a lack of them.
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Ilona L.
, 27 January, 2010 - 1:58pm
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