Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Culicidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 31-01-2011 01:34
#1
Australian mosquito.
Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland.
Posted by rvanderweele on 31-01-2011 06:12
#2
I hope you do not take my reaction seriously if I say Tipulidae! ;)
What a legs.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 31-01-2011 06:59
#3
Thank you Ruud for your suggestion, but I'm pretty sure it's a mosquito.
Posted by rvanderweele on 31-01-2011 07:52
#4
Certainly. But what a fantastic insect!
Posted by Tony Irwin on 31-01-2011 22:22
#5
Ruud - the legs are normal-sized. It's just got a very small head, body and wings! :D
Posted by rvanderweele on 31-01-2011 22:29
#6
LOL, true. It doesn't look practical to me.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-02-2011 23:58
#7
Can only find one picture of a live
Uranotaenia - see
http://www.fehd.g...dalei.html. Apparently they seldom feed on people, but seem to manage very well on amphibians, birds and small mammals.