Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black Mosquito with feathered legs

Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-08-2009 20:52
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Hi Andre. I agree that both photos show Sabethes, but yours has feathering on the front legs too, the mid leg "paddles" and the hind tarsi are a different shape and all the tarsi are a different colour. Which one of them, if either, is cyaneus I don't know - there are about 40 species altogether!