Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culiseta hybrid?
Posted by Biothorns on 23-11-2025 17:51
#1
This midge I found some days ago in the city of Deggendorf (Bavaria, Germany). The left 3. tarsus looks like Culiseta, but the right 3. tarsus looks like ???
The midge is still alive. Nearby I found some Culiseta longiareolate and one C. annulata female.
Edited by Biothorns on 23-11-2025 18:10
Posted by Biothorns on 23-11-2025 17:54
#2
Culiseta hybrid?
Edited by Biothorns on 23-11-2025 18:17
Posted by Biothorns on 23-11-2025 18:19
#3
right 3. leg
Posted by Biothorns on 23-11-2025 18:20
#4
left 3. leg
Posted by Tony Irwin on 25-11-2025 20:51
#5
Having one leg which is a peculiar colour suggests to me that this is an aberration rather than a hybrid. It may be a simple as accidentally losing the scales on the right leg, exposing the pale cuticle, or it may a be a developmental feature where something has gone wrong with the leg pigmentation similar to what happens when a blackbird develops a white patch in one wing.
Posted by Biothorns on 26-11-2025 18:56
#6
Thank you so much for this explanation!
Hans-Jürgen