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Mosquito - Male Culex? - Culex quinquefasciatus - male
Copyright © 2006 Perry Babin

Mosquito - Male Culex? - Culex quinquefasciatus - Male
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Contributed by Perry Babin on 5 November, 2006 - 3:41am
Last updated 5 November, 2006 - 9:31am

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It is indeed. I would go with quinquefasciatus. The way you could tell for sure is to note the shape of the light stripes on the abdominal tergites. If they are rounded posteriorly, then that's your bug.
Other common Culex in LA would be nigripalpus and salinarius, but in these two, the light banding on the abdominal tergites would not be as evident.
… Sean McCann, 5 November, 2006 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

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