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flying insect - Toxorhynchites rutilus
Copyright © 2009 Zugie

flying insect - Toxorhynchites rutilus
williamsburg, Virginia, USA
September 9, 2009
Size: inch and a half
to me, it looked like a big mosquito, but i dont know .
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Contributed by Zugie on 13 October, 2009 - 1:28pm
Last updated 14 October, 2009 - 9:39am

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… John R. Maxwell, 13 October, 2009 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

Elephant mosquito
It looks like a carbon copy of mine, also on goldenrod. There is only one species in the genus, so I guess that you can be pretty certain of the ID.
With those feathery antennae, it must be a male.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 October, 2009 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

yes it is!
it is a big mosquito! an Elephant Mosquito
… Jersey Bug on flickr, 13 October, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
really!
thats a big help!! thank you very much :D
… Zugie, 13 October, 2009 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably Toxorhynchites rutilus
The larva feed on larvae of other mosquitoes and that's a good thing! These don't bite, they take nectar.
… Scott Justis, 13 October, 2009 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

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