Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Aedes aegypti (Culicidae)
Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-02-2010 23:27
#1
An interesting pink and white mosquito. Anyone have a name for it? 20 December 2009, Canberra.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 03-02-2010 21:56
Posted by Trev on 01-02-2010 23:43
#2
Its possible its actually a chironomid midge, hard to tell exactly from the picture.
Edited by Trev on 01-02-2010 23:51
Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-02-2010 23:47
#3
Trev - could be. I posted it on the off chance someone would know it as the pattern seems rather distinctive.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-02-2010 23:49
#4
Posture seems typical for Culicidae and I think I can make out the proboscis...
Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-02-2010 10:06
#5
Ok, thanks.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-02-2010 22:55
#6
I'd suggest
Aedes aegypti
Posted by Steve Pelikan on 03-02-2010 00:50
#7
Tony Irwin wrote:
I'd suggest Aedes aegypti
Me too! The "poster fly" for understanding the biology of diptera!
Posted by Susan R Walter on 03-02-2010 21:55
#8
Great! Although I don't suppose the occupants of the house where it was photographed will be too impressed!