Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicidae male>Anopheles claviger/plumbeus
Posted by blowave on 02-11-2010 21:56
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Hi!
I wondered if this male was the same species as the female I had on the 12th, this was on 13th October. ~7mm
Near Lincoln UK.
4 pics
Janet :)
Edited by blowave on 04-11-2010 02:03
Posted by blowave on 02-11-2010 21:57
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pic 2
Posted by blowave on 02-11-2010 21:57
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pic 3
Posted by blowave on 02-11-2010 21:58
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pic 4
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-11-2010 00:06
#5
This male and the female are both
Anopheles, and although it's not entirely clear, I don't think the wing has any discrete patches of dark scales. That, combined with the white scales on the head narrow it down to
An.claviger and
An.plumbeus. Both can occur in gardens, but
plumbeus is more frequently associated with tree rot-holes. On balance I'd say these were
claviger, but it would be good to see a specimen!
Edited by Tony Irwin on 04-11-2010 00:07
Posted by blowave on 04-11-2010 01:57
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Wow, I have some
Anopheles! Thanks Tony! :)
There's a lot of rotting tree logs around, my neighbour had cut down a tree and left logs which are by now well rotted. Besides there's lots of old trees around, and they were on ivy overhanging water by an old hedge row of which there's plenty around.
The female will be making a lot more! I haven't seen her since though.. I have some wriggles in a container by my back wall which filled with water so I left it, but they could be another mossie. I'm happy to breed them so I can take photos. :D
I've got a good photo somewhere of a raft of mossie eggs which were on top of my water barrel but it dried up and the eggs disappeared, I'll see if I can find it, they look like candles.