Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown very small dead fly found
Posted by Larry Shone on 15-05-2010 12:44
#1
It appears to look like a mosquito, but so small!
And to give an idea of size this is an uncropped out of the camera pic, showing the sensor's view at 1:1 magnification (lifesize with my macro lens at 1:1)
The dimensions 15.1 x 22.7 is the size of my sensor.
Edited by Larry Shone on 15-05-2010 12:45
Posted by BubikolRamios on 15-05-2010 13:54
#2
Orthocladiinae are in that size of range, body 2 mm
Posted by Larry Shone on 15-05-2010 15:22
#3
BubikolRamios wrote:
Orthocladiinae are in that size of range, body 2 mm
Thanks, I'll check that link out!
Posted by pwalter on 15-05-2010 17:42
#4
It seems to be a Culicid mosquito, not Orthocladiinae.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 15-05-2010 22:30
#5
Hi Larry
It's a small male
Culex that's lost the tips of its palps. Depending on the breeding conditions, some mosquitoes can vary quite a bit in size - 5mm is not unusual for a male
Culex.
Posted by Larry Shone on 15-05-2010 23:09
#6
I recognise the name Culex and once made a drawing of a Cukex pipens (Mosquito)