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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 atlanticus
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Mosquito - Ochlerotatus atlanticus
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Mosquito - Ochlerotatus atlanticus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
November 16, 2009
With the white strip, this should be identifiable. Thanks

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Mosquito - Ochlerotatus atlanticus Mosquito - Ochlerotatus atlanticus
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 17 November, 2009 - 7:10am
Last updated 24 May, 2016 - 4:10pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 November, 2009 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Non-expert going out on a limb, here...
Seems as if it could be Ochlerotatus atlanticus (pictured) or O. tormentor. Evidently, they are not distinguishable as adults, only as larvae.



I'll be interested to see if the experts agree.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 November, 2009 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
That is correct. This one is
That is correct. This one is in the range of tormentor, but I would just put it on the atlanticus page
… Sean McCann, 17 November, 2009 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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