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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 ferox
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Mosquito - Psorophora ferox - female
Copyright © 2006 Christopher C Wirth

Mosquito - Psorophora ferox - Female
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
September 23, 2006
Can anyone ID this? - Thanks

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Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 30 October, 2006 - 10:22pm
Last updated 31 October, 2006 - 2:04pm

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… Omar Fahmy, 31 October, 2006 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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Thanks for the dedication!
This looks like Psorophora ferox to me, judging by the apical light stripes on the tergites (or am I imagining that?), the pointed abdomen, the purplish legs, and the smattering of light scales across the scutum. If you have a shot of the ends of the hindlegs, they should have some white "booties" where the last few tarsomeres are white-scaled.
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… Sean McCann, 31 October, 2006 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

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