Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Aedini » Ochlerotatus » Eastern Saltmarsh Mosquito (Ochlerotatus sollicitans)
Photo#49902
Male Saltmarsh Mosquito - Ochlerotatus sollicitans - male
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Male Saltmarsh Mosquito - Ochlerotatus sollicitans - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 29, 2006
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 April, 2006 - 11:51am
Last updated 18 July, 2008 - 3:05pm

Yep.
That looks about right to me. If the males follw the same integumental patterns as the females, the white scales on the wings rule out O. mitchellae, and the white band on hindtarsomere 1 rules out O. nigromaculus.
-Sean McCann


triatoma.blogspot.com
… Sean McCann, 29 April, 2006 - 4:12pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo