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mosquito - Wyeomyia mitchellii - female
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mosquito - Wyeomyia mitchellii - Female
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
December 3, 2005
I don't know if this angle helps any.

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mosquito - Wyeomyia mitchellii - female mosquito - Wyeomyia mitchellii - female
Contributed by Machele White on 5 December, 2005 - 1:32pm
Last updated 6 December, 2005 - 6:12am

Yay!
Yep. The antepronotum is clearly covered in dark scales. That's Wy. mitchellii
Also, the vertex has a line of pale scales.
… Sean McCann, 5 December, 2005 - 1:48pm

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