House Mosquito Larva (Culex Pipiens)
IPClark
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Spotted these little things wriggling around a small catch of rain water in the garden. Put all 3 extension tubes (68mm worth) on my 100L and took these. They're hand held, manual focus and not the best but I think they show enough detail. Based on a bit of Googling, I believe this to be Culex Pipiens - The common house mosquito.
Dimensions are probably about 4mm in length by 1mm wide.
Ewww!!!
In this first one you can see clearly, the siphon tube protruding out of the little bit of water to allow the larva to breathe
These next two, photographed on a white envelope, I must admit I've been exceptionally heavy handed in sharpening. Could possibly have gone even more on it
Dimensions are probably about 4mm in length by 1mm wide.
Ewww!!!
In this first one you can see clearly, the siphon tube protruding out of the little bit of water to allow the larva to breathe
These next two, photographed on a white envelope, I must admit I've been exceptionally heavy handed in sharpening. Could possibly have gone even more on it
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