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Diptera.info :: Culiseta annulata m?
Posted by
dipdip
on 15-08-2007 15:18
#1
Hello
I found it today in a wood on Valeriana officinalis near Lake Thun 560m Switzerland
with regards Maja
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 15-08-2007 21:30
#2
Not
Culiseta
but
Ochlerotatus
, I think. Also this is a female, judging from the antennae - the male antennae are much more plumose (bushy). Females take nectar as well as blood - they need the sugar for energy to fly.
Edited by
Tony Irwin
on 15-08-2007 21:49
Posted by
dipdip
on 16-08-2007 10:15
#3
Thank you Tony
I did not know that females drink nectar, too.
Regards Maja