Culiseta inornata, 11-5-2019 Storrs CT

Photographed by Macroscopic Solutions using diffusers on www.macroscopicsolutions.com

 

Identification

Larvae:

- 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 saddle

 

Adult 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

Done