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Mosquito? - Culex tarsalis - female
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Mosquito? - Culex tarsalis - Female
Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
March 25, 2009
Size: 5 mm.
I know this posting sounds like a stupid question for all the insect experts, but is this a mosquito? If it is, it's going to be a long season for the little pests and the one on my ceiling is going to have a short life span.

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Mosquito? - Culex tarsalis - female Mosquito? - Culex tarsalis - female
Contributed by Carol Davis on 25 March, 2009 - 11:16am
Last updated 26 April, 2009 - 10:16am

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Sean McCann, 26 April, 2009 - 10:16am

Mosquito
That's a female mosquito.
… John F. Carr, 25 March, 2009 - 11:52am

 
Thank you.
Thanks for the info, John.
… Carol Davis, 25 March, 2009 - 11:58am

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