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| Renate |
Posted on 06-05-2010 03:59
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 Member Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 82 Joined: 09.03.09 |
Hi, this species is causing me problems. Is there any way to determine what it is despite the photograph (which is the only one I could make before it sssssssssss'ed off  )?It was definitely larger than Culex pipiens. Hamburg, Germany, on a fence rail surrounded by birch trees and water etc,05-May-2010 Thanks & Rgds Renate Renate attached the following image:  [194.5Kb] Edited by Renate on 06-05-2010 03:59 |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 06-05-2010 12:40
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1173 Joined: 29.05.09 |
I think Culiseta annulata. If you remember a white dorsal stripe on the thorax and head then it is Aedes albopictus, but I hope you didn't. |
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| Renate |
Posted on 06-05-2010 16:01
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Member Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 82 Joined: 09.03.09 |
Hi, this is interesting....in a different forum I was told that it was "definitely not Culiseta annulata because their legs aren't quite so significantly striped" and that it must be "Aedes spec" etc. I didn't see any dorsal stripes - of which I am glad |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 13-05-2010 06:34
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7332 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I think this is Ochlerotatus (formerly Aedes), rather than Culiseta. Apart from differences in the leg colour, the abdominal shape is too tapered and pointed for Culiseta
Edited by Tony Irwin on 13-05-2010 06:35 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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