Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae??. Species?

Posted by Maherjos on 11-12-2009 22:06
#1
Taken in the winter time, when inadequate mosquito, inside a bathroom in Motril (Granada-Spain).
It is able to sting with its trunk? On which it feeds?
Grateful for your answers. Greetings
www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/Mosquito-rWeb_1200.jpg

If you want to see it better, the links:
http://www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/VJ1N7816-rWeb_1200.jpg
http://www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/VJ1N7825-rWeb_1200jpg.jpg
http://www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/VJ1N7815-rWeb_1200.jpg
http://www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/_MG_1592-rWeb_1200.jpg

Posted by Stephen R on 11-12-2009 22:38
#2
Hi Maherjos. This looks to me like a female mosquito from the family Culicidae, probably Culex sp. It can bite you, and it wants your blood :o
Be brave!

Stephen.

Posted by Maherjos on 12-12-2009 01:51
#3
Thank you friend Stephen. I've been reading about the kind that tell me and I conclude that I have been lucky. In good I got away!. Luckily I managed to catch him before he reached me ....

A greeting from Motril, Spain.