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Ochlerotatus sollicitans (Eastern Saltmarsh Mosquito). Grassy open area where exit from Belt Pkwy joins northbound Flatbush Ave (east side), Brooklyn, NY.\

The photos attached (several different individuals, feeding & stunned/killed) show all the diagnostic features for this abundant species which bites in bright sunlight. I am very familiar with this species from prior experience, see posts on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%40elaphrornis%20ochlerotatus&src=typd

The following publications are useful for the identification of this and other mosquitoes in New York City and environs:

Carpenter, S.J. & LaCasse, W.J. 1955. Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico). University of California Press, Berkeley. vii, 360 pp., 127 plts.

Means, R.G. 1979. Mosquitoes of New York. Part I. The Genus Aedes Meigen With Identification Keys to Genera of Culicidae [New York State Museum Bulletin No. 430a]. The University of the State of New York, Albany. x, 221 pp.

Means, R.G. 1987. Mosquitoes of New York. Part II. Genera of Culicidae other than Aedes Occurring in New York [New York State Museum Bulletin No. 430b]. The University of the State of New York, Albany. xii, 180 pp.

Andreadis, T.G., Thomas, M.C. & Shepard, J.J. 2005. Identification Guide to the Mosquitoes of Connecticut. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 966. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT. ii, 173 pp.