What is it? i had a few on me at Bang Saray while having a coffee today. A friend thought it might have been one of my crabs escaping 

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

What is it? i had a few on me at Bang Saray while having a coffee today. A friend thought it might have been one of my crabs escaping 

Bloody big mozzie. Did you see any fangs? 

Initially thought malaria mozzie (Anopheles). But not sure

 

It is obviously a daytime species so probably capable of carrying Dengue.

As its got 'feathery' type antennae most likely it's male. 

 

It's the females you have to be careful of.... In all walks of life! 

 

Blood suckers. (joking) 

My vote is for your escaping crabs.

41 minutes ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Bloody big mozzie. Did you see any fangs? 

Definitely not a mozzie, some type of fly

38 minutes ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Initially thought malaria mozzie (Anopheles). But not sure

 

Definitely wasn't trying to bite, just sit there, to get them to move i had to touch them, i think in my photo head facing upwards

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Definitely wasn't trying to bite, just sit there, to get them to move i had to touch them, i think in my photo head facing upwards

In your photos it looks like the thorax/abdomen is facing upwards. 

 

The whole stance is very similar to a resting mosquito stance.  Generally male mosquitoes don't bite. 

 

I'll keep trying to ID it.... 

They are about the size you get in Papua New Guinea. Big so and so's

1 hour ago, Korat Kiwi said:

In your photos it looks like the thorax/abdomen is facing upwards. 

 

The whole stance is very similar to a resting mosquito stance.  Generally male mosquitoes don't bite. 

 

I'll keep trying to ID it.... 

In the photo i can see they look like mosquitoes but I've never seen mosquitoes like this unless maybe very young ones?

Some variety of midge.

I now think it's a Lake Midge... If it's only got 2 legs out front.  Had to tell from photo.

 

Here's one 

 

Another shot of a midge.. 

 

20 minutes ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Another shot of a midge.. 

 

Now that's interesting, seems more likely, good work 👍, plus i was right next to the water at Bang Saray navy base.

 

I had 3 on me and were very slow to move, i had to poke them to move off. I should add they were small about 6-7mm, looks bigger in the photo 

Edited May 1, 20242 yr by scubascuba3

16 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Generally male mosquitoes don't bite. 

Correct, but not "generally"...males don't "bite" at all. Nor spread disease. They are nectar feeders and sole purpose is to fertilize the female. Male lifespan is about a week. Females can live half a year. You prob know this already, but others may find it interesting. 

Send the photo off to the insect identifier site in the UK. It responds fairly quickly. My then-13 year old daughter discovered an 'ant-mimic spider' that MAY have been a new species. UK asked that she send over the specimen. She chose life over killing the little green spider... and lost her chance to kill something she liked just to tag it.

1 hour ago, Skeptic7 said:

Correct, but not "generally"...males don't "bite" at all. Nor spread disease. They are nectar feeders and sole purpose is to fertilize the female. Male lifespan is about a week. Females can live half a year. You prob know this already, but others may find it interesting. 

Correct... Don't know why I put 'generally' in the sentence.  My brain fart.  

 

 

or possibly a dragonfly nymph...

except they don't have the hairy antennae

Edited May 2, 20242 yr by rwill

My Thai wife recons you can eat them, but there again she eats anything. 

2 hours ago, oddgum said:

Send the photo off to the insect identifier site in the UK. It responds fairly quickly. My then-13 year old daughter discovered an 'ant-mimic spider' that MAY have been a new species. UK asked that she send over the specimen. She chose life over killing the little green spider... and lost her chance to kill something she liked just to tag it.

Was it the jumping spider that copies the ants pheromones?  Very interesting critters.

2 hours ago, rwill said:

or possibly a dragonfly nymph...

except they don't have the hairy antennae

Wrong type of legs, these are more mosquito type... Hence probably a midge. 

 

I too looked at the dragonfly life cycle.  Crazy looking beasties early on. 

4 hours ago, ignore it said:

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