Photographed by Macroscopic Solutions using diffusers on www.macroscopicsolutions.comIdentificationLarvae:- antennal seta 1-A multiple, attached near the middle of the shaft- head hairs 5 and 6 multibranched- comb scale rounded apically- siphon with an even row of single setae attached distally to pecten teeth- saddle complete- anal segment seta 1 as long as or longer than saddleAdult Female:- proboscis long and weakly recurved- abdominal terga dark brown with yellowish-white basal bands widening lateraly to width of the segment- hindtarsomeres intermixed with light and dark scales- costa, subcosta, and radius intermixed with light and drk scales
Summary[edit] Description: English: Under a dissecting microscope, Aedes aegypti eggs are aligned on wet filter paper in preperation for embryo microinjection. Date: 22 November 2019. Source: Own work. Author: Vanaciass.
Description: Anopheles gambiae mosquito being injected with hemolymph for malaria research study. Credit: NIAID. Date: 15 August 2011, 09:02. Source: Mosquito That Causes Malaria. Author: NIAID.
Summary[edit] Description: Aedes vexans. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA. Date: 4 May 2019, 13:06. Source: Inland Floodwater Mosquito. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA.
Description: Sorry about that Chief, but I took off both his hind legs by accident. However mosquitoes are remarkably resilient, and there's a chance he'll survive to bite another day. Culex annulirostris. Dargo VIC Australia, January 2011. Date: 3 January 2011, 18:36. Source: Mozzie missing a leg or two. Author: John Tann from Sydney, Australia. Camera location37° 33′ 23.1″ S, 147° 18′ 04.08″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-37.556417; 147.301134.
Looking similar to a female Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes aegypti), I thought I was doomed. But no, if you look very closely at the proboscis, there is a pale stripe, mostly buried deep into my wrist, that marks it as an Rampamyia notoscriptus. It feeds on humans in the daytime. Go for it you little sucker. Como NSW Australia, December 2009.