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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 - Psorophora ciliata
Copyright © 2016 NavyChief8432

Psorophora - Psorophora ciliata
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
April 19, 2016
Here's a picture of a few Psorophora larvae/pupae and some Aedes larvae. Note the size difference between the two mosquito genera. I took this picture on day 1 of the "hunt". I did not get a chance to identify the Aedes lavae to species because the Psorophora larvae consumed all of them by the 2nd day. I have a video of a Psorophora larva "snacking" on an Aedes larva but I don't know how or if I can upload it here.

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Psorophora - Psorophora ciliata - female Psorophora - Psorophora ciliata
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Contributed by NavyChief8432 on 19 May, 2016 - 9:07pm
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 1:06pm

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