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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Aedini » Psorophora » Gallinipper (Psorophora ciliata)
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Psorophora ciliata - female
Copyright © 2012 Mark Walter

Psorophora ciliata - Female
Umatilla, Lake County, Florida, USA
July 7, 2012
Size: 1/4 inch
For sure not a mosquito?
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Contributed by Mark Walter on 7 July, 2012 - 1:32am
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 12:50pm

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 July, 2012 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 7 July, 2012 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a mosquito to me.
Maybe the Gallinipper (Psorophora ciliata)?



Let's see if anyone else agrees.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 July, 2012 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
correct. the golden stripe is
correct. the golden stripe is characteristic.
… Sean McCann, 9 July, 2012 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, looked it up...the ma
Thanks, looked it up...the male would have been a better photo subject, will have to look for one!!
… Mark Walter, 9 July, 2012 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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