Aedes egyptii (Yellow fever Mosquito)
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Thursday, 28 July 2005 00:00
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“He who does not value life does not deserve it.” Leonardo da Vinci
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Aedes egypti (Family: culicidae; common name: Yellow fever mosquito)
This is a picture which has a story to be told. I have my own culture of algae and mosquito larvae which I harvest regularly to feed my young fish. This culture runs for quite a few years now and I always used it for what it is - a source of excellent, live food for my pets. I had seen the larval and the pupal stages many times but I never cared to look for the adult insect. After all, it was obvious that it would be the colorless, beige / gray "Anopheles" type of mosquito. You can imagine my surprise when I decided to search for the adults and I found this beautiful insect which had just molted from the pupa and was waiting to harden a bit before its first flight. You can see the pupa of another Aedes egypti next to the emerged one. Although I spent some time there I was not able to capture the actual emergence of an adult.
Photos by George J. Reclos
Shooting Data:
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO100
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec, f18 Aperture priority
Flash:SB800 in i-TTL
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS2, levels adjusted, Smart sharpening added and resized.
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