Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culex ?

Posted by Nacho Cabellos on 08-09-2025 18:30
#1

Mediterranean scrub. South center of spain. 600 m. May.

Posted by eklans on 09-09-2025 10:23
#2

It's a bit overexposed, but I think it's a female Culiseta longiareolata:
-pattern of scutum
-white costa
-speckled tibia
-tarsomeres with white basal rings

Posted by Nacho Cabellos on 09-09-2025 19:46
#3

The only thing I don't see (and I don't have any more photos) is the thoracic pattern, althought it's true it can be intuited