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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Aedini » Ochlerotatus » Ochlerotatus fitchii

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Copyright © 2005 Nolie Schneider

Insect attacted to light - Ochlerotatus fitchii -

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
May 18, 2005

This insect was about twice the size of a mosquito. I was interested to see its complex antennae.
Nolie

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Contributed by Nolie Schneider on 20 May, 2005 - 6:25pm
Last updated 17 July, 2006 - 8:54pm

nice one

male Ochlerotatus fitchii. the sctum scales are a little rubbed off, but he is still good enough to be Id'd

… Omar Fahmy, 17 July, 2006 - 8:55pm

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male Ochlerotatus fitchii.

Thanks, Omar.

Nolie

… Nolie Schneider, 18 July, 2006 - 5:32am

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no, thank YOU

for sharing a mosquito photo. Yours is one of only handful

… Omar Fahmy, 18 July, 2006 - 6:55am

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Mosquito

This is probably some species of mosquito in the genus Anopheles. Some species in the genus are the carriers of malaria, but the one in your picture does not look like A. quadrimaculatus, the chief vector of malaria in North America. Human malaria is transmitted only by females of the genus Anopheles. Of the 430 some Anopheles species, only 30-40 transmit malaria in nature.

… Christopher C Wirth, 23 May, 2005 - 7:44am

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Mosquito

Thank you, Chris. Luckily there is no malaria in the Ottawa region!
Nolie

… Nolie Schneider, 23 May, 2005 - 8:00am

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Mosquito

It looks like a mosquito in the family Culicidae but I am not not sure. How big was it?

… Christopher C Wirth, 20 May, 2005 - 7:51pm

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Mosquito

It was 9mm long from the tip of the antennae to the tip of the abdomen.
Nolie

… Nolie Schneider, 21 May, 2005 - 8:40am

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It looks similar...

to a mosquito I shot, which I thought may be a male:

… Tony DiTerlizzi, 21 May, 2005 - 4:41pm

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Mosquito

Yes, it looks very similar to yours, Tony. Thanks.
Nolie

… Nolie Schneider, 21 May, 2005 - 5:51pm

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