Culicidae (family)

A mosquito at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

	Culicidae (family)	30 Nov 2020	KimPullen
	Unverified	6 Nov 2020	Jubeyjubes

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2 comments

Jubeyjubes wrote:

30 Nov 2020

Hi Kim, this was a number of centrimetres across I recall, I don't think a mosquito could be that big?

KimPullen wrote:

10 Jan 2021

The structure is that of a typical mosquito - but it does sound big. There are big Australian mosquitoes of the genus Toxorhynchites, but they do not occur in Canberra.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.077026 -35.259553
Altitude 638.8m
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
6 Nov 2020 10:30 AM Recorded on
Jubeyjubes Recorded by
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Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

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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Record quality

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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania