Figure 3 - Haemagogus spegazzinii l.s. eggs collected from a in Haemagogus spegazzinii Brèthes, 1912 (Diptera: Culicidae) in Brazilian semiarid: resistance in eggs and scale color variation in adults

Figure 3 - Haemagogus spegazzinii l.s. eggs collected from a semiarid region in northeastern Brazil. a) Standard scale colors of Haemagogus spegazzinii, with a broad patch of white scales on the thoracic pleura, and abdomen covered with dark scales, with sheen ranging from copper to green to bluish green to blue. b) "Dark" scales: primarily dark on the lateral portion of the thorax, with bluish-green sheen and clusters of white scales, and abdomen covered with scales of the same color. c) "Striped" scales: abdomen exhibiting basal bands of white scales on terga (II–VIII), and a patch of white scales on the middle lobe of the scutellum that may extend to the pre-scutellar area. d) "Patched" scales: patches of white scales on the terga (IV–VIII).