So, you want to write a field guide?

Cameron Webb, Stephen L Doggett and Richard C Russell

Medical EntomologyUniversity of Sydney & NSW Health Pathology

Email: Cameron.webb@health.nsw.gov.auTwitter: @mozziebites

Bat & Mosquito illustration by Golly Bard. www.gollybard.etsy.com

Pictorial guide to almost 100 mosquito species (many w/ larvae and pupae)

Descriptions, habitats, health risks and distribution

Introductory chapters on biology, habitats, mosquito control and personal protection measures

What did we end up with?

Malaya jacobsoni(Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit)

http://www.alexanderwild.com

“It is made clear in this field guide that mosquitoes are another of Australia’s animals that are often taken for granted and treated only as pest species, rather than natives….the photos certainly do capture the allure of the Australian mosquito in all its understated glory.” Wild Melbourne, 16 June 2016

http://wildmelbourne.org/articles/a-buzz-in-the-night

Available from CSIRO Publishing and all good books stores and eBook retailers

Thank you!Andrew van den Hurk and Sonja Hall-Mendelin (QLD Health); Stephen Francis and Robert Cooper (Australian Army Malaria Research Unit); Scott Ritchie and Mick Townsend (James Cook Uni); Peter Whelan, Nina Kurucz and Allan Warchot (NT Health); Craig Williams (Uni SA); Mike Lindsay, Peter Neville and Sue Harrington from (WA Health); Cheryl Johansen and Jay Nicholson (University of WA); Mike Muller and Martin Shivas from (Brisbane City Council); Brian Montgomery and Cassie Jansen from (QLD Health); Nigel Beebe from (Uni QLD); and Stacey Lynch (Victoria Health).