Mosquito - Ochlerotatus abserratus

Tom,

do you have any dorsal shots of this girl? its either a species of Ochleratatus or an Aedes vexans. if you give me dorsal shot ill tell you for sure

… Omar Fahmy, 12 May, 2006 - 11:36pm

She flew away

as soon as I took this one shot.

… tom murray, 13 May, 2006 - 8:17am

scared her away?!

or she didnt like your blood ;). well like Sean said the basal stripes arent there so that eliminates the possibility of Aedes vexans. I would just move it to the Ochleratatus page for now

… Omar Fahmy, 13 May, 2006 - 8:44am

Moved to genus page

She was camera shy.

… tom murray, 13 May, 2006 - 10:04am

6.5 mm is a little too big. i would say from 4.5mm-5.5mm (max)

… Omar Fahmy, 13 May, 2006 - 10:22am

5.5mm

I rechecked my measurement, and it was 5.5mm.

… tom murray, 13 May, 2006 - 3:13pm

...

Aedes vexans should have pale bands on the basal parts of hind tarsomeres....
-Sean McCann

triatoma.blogspot.com

… Sean McCann, 13 May, 2006 - 3:33am

true..

… Omar Fahmy, 13 May, 2006 - 7:54am