Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicinae > Aedes cinereus or geminus

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 05-02-2017 09:19
#1

What is this? I've never seen a mosquito with such unicoloured abdomen, ventrally. Confusing - I don't even get the genus.

2016-07-10, northern Germany, garden

Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 05-02-2017 14:35

Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-02-2017 11:09
#2

This seems to be Aedes cinereus/geminus. Females are morphologically indistinguishable, and both species occur in Germany.

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 05-02-2017 14:32
#3

Ok, many thanks. Aedes spp. seem to be much more common than I thought.