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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Culicomorpha » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Ochlerotatus » Ochlerotatus atropalpus
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Mosquito - Ochlerotatus atropalpus - male
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Mosquito - Ochlerotatus atropalpus - Male
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
July 18, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 23 July, 2006 - 2:07pm
Last updated 23 July, 2006 - 10:06pm

I want to say this is the male
of your Oc. atropalpus, but the picture is a bit overexposed. Did you find them in the same place? If yes, it is most probably an Oc. atropalpus.
… Omar Fahmy, 23 July, 2006 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
I darkened the mosquito
and yes I photographed them about a minute apart at the same location.
… tom murray, 23 July, 2006 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

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