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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 » Psorophora howardii
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Mosquito - Psorophora howardii - male
Copyright © 2006 Sasha Azevedo

Mosquito - Psorophora howardii - Male
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
June 30, 2006
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Contributed by Sasha Azevedo on 30 June, 2006 - 10:27pm
Last updated 28 September, 2010 - 11:00pm

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Another male Psorophora howardii! Moved to Guide page.
Good find!
… Sean McCann, 30 June, 2006 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks... and
I apologize for the quality of these images since I don't have a macro lens as of yet. I know it would make a huge difference in the overall quality and detail of the image(s).
… Sasha Azevedo, 1 July, 2006 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
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Mosquitoes are tough even with a macro lens! I am glad you captured them!
… Sean McCann, 2 July, 2006 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Sex difference
I'd like to know, for my own good, what differentiates the fe/male in this species. Could you explain? Thanks! :)
… Sasha Azevedo, 2 July, 2006 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
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With the vast majority of mosquitoes, the male antennae are feathery (mechanoreceptors for hearing and finding females). In addition, the palps of male culicines will be longer than those of the female. (In Anophelines this is moot, as females have long palps too).
Many times you can also see external genitalia on the terminal abdominal segment in males.
… Sean McCann, 6 July, 2006 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

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