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canadensis mathesoni - Ochlerotatus canadensis - female

canadensis mathesoni - Ochlerotatus canadensis - Female
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
December 9, 2005
Another subspecies of Ochlerotatus canadensis, you can tell it apart from Oc. c. canadensis because only hindtarsomere 1 and 2 are pale scaled apically and basally. Hindtarsomeres 3 and 4 are pale-scaled only basally, and hindtaromere 5 is entirely dark-scaled.