Aedes vigilax

Diagnostic features from Webb et al "A Guide to Mosquitoes of Australia" CSIRO 2016 and http://medent.usyd.edu.au/photos/aedes%20vigilax.htm

1. Mid-sized mosquito of dark appearance with banded legs
2. proboscis with pale scaling on basal two-thirds underside
3. scutum with dark bronze and some golden scales
4. wings dark scaled with sparse mottling of narrow white scales mainly along front veins
5. hind legs with femur and tibia mottled, tarsi with basal bands
6. tergites dark with pale basal bands
7. sternites pale scaled with dark lateral apical and sub-apical patches