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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicidae - more ID? --> Aedes rusticus

Posted by kuv on 19-12-2021 15:43

Northern Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Bellin (east of Kiel), way between a mixed forest and a pasture, where is a small pond nearby, in the grass, 23th of May 2021, (Photos: kuv). Please help to get the ID.
Kuv

Edited by kuv on 09-05-2022 20:26

Posted by kuv on 19-12-2021 15:44

2nd picture:

Posted by eklans on 19-12-2021 16:25

Hi kuv, it's an Aedes and from what's visible probably A. geniculatus (from dendrotelmata of the mixed forest).

Posted by kuv on 20-12-2021 10:06

Thank you very much Eric :).
Greetings Kuv

Posted by brundlefly on 09-05-2022 12:48

This is not Aedes geniculatus. It is Aedes rusticus. Ae. geniculatus has a different scutal pattern and is not so extensively scaled on the thoraical pleurites.

Posted by kuv on 09-05-2022 20:26

Thank you very much Brundlefly :).
Greetings Kuv