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 Mosquito
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| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 30-05-2011 23:46
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Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
Can anyone id this mosquito for me please? Caught in the house, 19 April 2011, Oxfordshire, England. Basil Crowley attached the following image:  [71.88Kb] |
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| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 30-05-2011 23:47
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Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
Another image of same.
Basil Crowley attached the following image:  [64.62Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 31-05-2011 19:14
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7353 Joined: 19.11.04 |
This is an Anopheles female (palps as long as the proboscis). As far as I can see, there are dark-scaled patches on some of the wing veins, so either An.atroparvus or An.messeae. These species are inseparable as adults, but atroparvus is more likely to come into a house, so I think that's the probable ID.
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| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 31-05-2011 22:38
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Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
Tony, Thanks for the helpful reply. I attach a closeup showing the wing detail, which was not too clear in the original shots, so there can be no mistake. I presume that these are common in England (unfortunately  ) though I see that there are not many represented in the Gallery, certainly neither of these two particular species. Would it be worthwhile uploading these as larger images?Regards, Basil Basil Crowley attached the following image:  [67.28Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 31-05-2011 23:44
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7353 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I'm happy that the species is one of the two I suggest, but the photos do not show the typical wing markings clearly, so they're not the best pics for the gallery. But as you say, there's no others, so (until you get some better images), these could be useful!
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| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 01-06-2011 00:21
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Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
Hi Tony, The image above is, for some reason, not quite as I uploaded it. It was (is) 800x634 but seems to have been reduced to 600x476  and shows somewhat less detail as a result.  I will upload larger images to the Gallery and then hopefully you'll be able to judge them better  .Basil |
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