The following were obtained by the Minnesota State Health Department from standing ditch water during routine environmental surveillance. (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)
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12 comments:
Mosquito larva.
--bks
Could this be schistosoma cercariae? I am not sure about the size though!
I would guess an Aedes or Culex mosquito (not sure which exact species), somewhere around the 3rd/4th larval stage.
culicine mosquito larvae
Yes, I am agree with JP: Aedes or Culex mosquito genus, Larval stage
Love that "on location" underwater sound!
Mosquito larvae.
You get the greatest stuff to look at!
BLW
Mosquito larvae,Poornima
Culicine larvae. Siphons look long enough to be Culex rather than Aedes (or Stegomyia)
it is a mosquito larvae most probably, the fact that it has a siphon makes it any non anopheles, most probably Culex or Aedes.
Mosquito larva, definitely not anopheles.
Florida Fan
Larvae of the unofficial New Jersey State bird...Mosquito!
Lee
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