BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Snow, K.R., 1990

Mosquitoes

Dichotomous keys to eggs, larvae, pupae and adults, followed by notes on each species.

Publisher The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Volume 14
Pages 66
ISBN 0 85546 275 2
Coverage Covers all UK species known at the time.
Illustrations Line drawings beside the text plus four colour plates of paintings bound in the centre.
Identify Under a Stereo Microscope (also useful to examine under a Compound Microscope).
Specimen Prep. Immature stages: mounted in water
Adults: pinned.
Difficulty Fairly straightforward. Larvae often easier than adults.

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Taxonomic Scope

CULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats) Identification Current

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