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male mosquito? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - female
Copyright © 2005 Bill DuPree

male mosquito? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - Female
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
August 24, 2005
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Contributed by Bill DuPree on 25 August, 2005 - 10:37pm
Last updated 11 October, 2006 - 7:52pm

Tox
Looks to be Toxorhynchites, probably rutilis. I would say that this is a female, due to the less plumose antennae. Beautiful mosquitoes, and neither the male nor female bite. Larvae are predaceous on mosquitoes and other aquatic larvae. I suppose the key feautures of this genus for field ID are huge size and curved proboscis.
… Sean McCann, 26 August, 2005 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

 
Toxorhynchites
Thanks for the ID and the interesting info.
… Bill DuPree, 26 August, 2005 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

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