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mosquito with colored wings - Anopheles punctipennis - female
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

mosquito with colored wings - Anopheles punctipennis - Female
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 22, 2007
This mosquito seemed to be just a little larger than most of the others around Ma.

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Contributed by tom murray on 23 April, 2007 - 9:10pm
Last updated 24 April, 2007 - 4:48pm

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Omar Fahmy, 24 April, 2007 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
back in action with the mosquitoes tom?
awesome, your pics make the mosquito section here man, I love them
… Omar Fahmy, 24 April, 2007 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

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Looks like Anopheles punctipennis.
Compare wing here: .
… Sean McCann, 24 April, 2007 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Sean and Omar
The pattered wings were new for me. It reminded me of a crane fly that bites:-)
… tom murray, 25 April, 2007 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

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