Culicidae (family)

A mosquito at Wallagoot, NSW

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Identification history

	CULICIDAE (family)	10 Mar 2019	KimPullen
	Unidentified	9 Mar 2019	tnsm

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4 comments

KerriLee wrote:

9 Mar 2019

Tricky from this image I'm afraid, but it looks like a mosquito. Is that what you thought it was?

tnsm wrote:

9 Mar 2019

Yes we thought it was a mosquito just wanted to find out what species.

KerriLee wrote:

9 Mar 2019

I've just looked through a list of possible species in this region. It may be Culex molestus, based on the pale golden colour. If you can get one under a microscope or magnifying glass you may be able to identify it with confidence. The features used for distinguishing mosquitoes include the length of the proboscis, the colours of the legs.

tnsm wrote:

14 Mar 2019

Thanks

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Location information

Coordinates 149.884656 -36.734015
Places Wallagoot, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
9 Mar 2019 08:59 AM Recorded on
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Collections
Insects True flies (Diptera) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) tnsm

Species information

Culicidae (family) Scientific name
A mosquito Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 751.1m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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