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Nico Moiroux
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Research scientist · Mosquito 🦟 and Vector-borne disease Ecology · MIVEGEC @ird-fr.bsky.social 🇫🇷 · Pôle de Zoologie Médicale @ Institut Pasteur Dakar 🇸🇳
most probably for mate recognition (wing scales are main taxonomic characters e.g. in Anopheles). Another hypotheses include predator escaping, see doi.org/10.3762/bjna...
the scales on the legs allow walking on water: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
The origin of black and white coloration of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Hello Kyle. The photographic plates posted by @arimcollection.bsky.social were made for educational purposes and do not illustrate individual specimen from the collection. In fact, several individuals may be used to create a plate (this is the case here).
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
🌦️ main predictors of presence were meteorological factors (temp, atmo pressure, rainfall)

🌱 low (<3m) vegetation drives abundances,

🌳 more mosquitoes in urban parks and residential (with gardens) areas than in densely built areas.

#rstats #randomforest #openscience
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
📸 Huge thanks to Nil Rahola and Luciano Mucci for their outstanding macrophotography work.
🔗 All publications are freely available on Zenodo.

#Entomology #Mosquitoes #Culicidae #Anopheles #Toxorhynchites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #VectorBiology #Zenodo #Research #Afrotropical
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM