Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Mosquito ♂

Habitat:

Suburban yard attracted to a porch light at night

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

4 Comments

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

You’re welcome! I hope bugguide can help further. Additionally about the resting positions, with mosquitoes, Culicinae mosquitoes (Aedes, Culex, etc.) rest horizontal to a surface, while Anopheline mosquitoes (Anopheles) generally rest perpendicular to a surface (with their butts in the air).

Machi
Machi 6 years ago

Thanks Christine! I submitted to bugguide and hopefully I can get it placed to at least a genus. I never knew that about their resting position. Interesting stuff.

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

As to what genus this mosquito belongs to, I can't be sure without a closer look. It is definitely in the subfamily Culicinae, and is likely either Aedes or Culex species. I can determine that it's a Culicinae mosquito based on its resting posture and the shape/length of its mouthparts.

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

This is a male mosquito. You can tell because it has fringed wings, leg and abdomen scales, and a proboscis. Also, Chironomids usually rest with their bodies touching a surface, while mosquitoes hold themselves above a surface with only their feet touching it. Usually, mosquitoes have wings that are longer than their abdomen, while midges have wings that are shorter, but this is not always true, especially with males.

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Florida, USA

Spotted on Sep 20, 2017
Submitted on Jan 11, 2018

Related Spottings

mosquitoes Mosquito Mosquito Mosquito

Nearby Spottings

Davis' Southeastern Dog-Day Cicada Eastern Giant Swallowtail Diamondback Moth Eastern Pinebarrens Tiger Beetle
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team