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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Aedini » Aedes » Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
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Mosquito - Aedes albopictus - male
Copyright © 2010 G.K. Gerber

Mosquito - Aedes albopictus - Male
Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
September 13, 2010
Size: ~7 mm
This mosquito was feeding on a Sedum flower in a garden. A male I think.

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Contributed by G.K. Gerber on 13 September, 2010 - 9:36pm
Last updated 14 September, 2010 - 4:29am

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… G.K. Gerber, 14 September, 2010 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

Tiger?
I wonder if they make "Tiger" mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) in dark brown instead of black.
… John F. Carr, 13 September, 2010 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

 
yep, a male
It is a tiger. Could be just the exposure that is making this one appear lighter.
… Sean McCann, 13 September, 2010 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

 
It could be...
the polarizing filter. In the raw file the mesosoma appears black but the overlying scales appear white and dark brown. I have seen papers on the effects of polarization on the color mixing in butterfly and moth scales.
… G.K. Gerber, 14 September, 2010 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

 
Don't know...
but following up a comment under Ae. albopictus I took a look at Ae. aegypti and it looks a lot like that as well.
… G.K. Gerber, 13 September, 2010 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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