Caught after attempting to bite volunteer.
I'd forgotten I found this last month. Apparently the first record from the northern Koolau range, about 2000 ft elevation.
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Mr. Binder. This was reared from a larva found on 12/3/19.
Mr. Binder. This mosquito was trying to bite me at 4 am when I caught it in my sheet and mushed it to death. I photographed it in the morning. Unsurprisingly, it seems that most of its scales have been knocked off and I am not sure what species it is. It looks like it has my blood in its abdomen and I have no idea what the white thing is coming out of the tip of its abdomen. Please help.
Caught after attempting to bite volunteer.
I'd forgotten I found this last month. Apparently the first record from the northern Koolau range, about 2000 ft elevation.
Mr. Binder. This female was netted while it was eating lilikoi syrup off my plate!
Netted in shady part of yard under the eaves of the house. Mr. Binder.
Netted by Mr. Binder.
Netted by Mr. Binder inside a building as it was trying to bite someone. Probably reared in old tires on the property that were found to have larvae and pupae.
This huge female was bugging me (Mr. Binder) in the bathroom at a beach at the Mauna Lani resort. I caught it by putting a vial over it as it was biting me. Evidently, it lost some scales before I got home and took these photographs. It was flying around a lot in the vial, so I think that must have done it.