#culiseta

This morning I had my qualifying exam, passed, and became a #PhD candidate. I’d like to extend my thanks to the often-maligned species that I study - the #mosquitoes. (They’re not all bad!) We have about 80 #species in a dozen genera in #Florida - here are six species, each in a different genus (top left, #Psorophora ciliata; middle left, #Coquillettidia perturbans; bottom left, #Wyeomyia smithii; top right, #Aedes albopictus, one of the vectors of #Zika #virus; middle right, #Culex erraticus; bottom right, #Culiseta melanura.) #entomology #bugs #mosquito #culicidae #gainesville #meetyourneighbours #macro #macrophotography #insect : @biodiversilary