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Hi, I've seen my first Anopheles in my garden:
Ansbach, DE-Franconia, Frankenhoehe Nature Park, old deciduous forest, 2021-09-03+
and I think it could be Anopheles claviger. Can this be confirmed by the following images?
1st: Female 2021-09-03:

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2nd: male 2021-09-06

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3rd: female unmasked as the vampire 2021-09-07

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I think the first (female) and the third (female) look OK for claviger. The second (male) has quite a dark thorax, and could be plumbeus, but often it's very difficult to separate these species, even with a specimen.

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Thanks a lot, Tony!
During the same session I made zoomed fotos of the male with and w/o flash. I think the dark colour of the male depends on flash and the white mentha-blossom. But I will try to make more fotos to be sure.