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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Toxorhynchites » Elephant Mosquito (Toxorhynchites rutilus)
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This handsome brut flew right under my nose - Toxorhynchites rutilis, male. - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male
Copyright © 2010 William Donald Newton

This handsome brut flew right under my nose - Toxorhynchites rutilis, male. - Toxorhynchites rutilus - Male
Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
July 16, 2010
Size: HUGE!
Yes, I know "everybody" knows this one. I just had to share!

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This handsome brut flew right under my nose - Toxorhynchites rutilis, male. - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male This handsome brut flew right under my nose - Toxorhynchites rutilis, male. - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male This handsome brut flew right under my nose - Toxorhynchites rutilis, male. - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male
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Contributed by William Donald Newton on 16 July, 2010 - 10:08am
Last updated 16 July, 2010 - 6:54pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 16 July, 2010 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

And,
share you should! These are both beautiful and helpful. I've been seeing more and more of them lately but that may be because I am more "attuned" to noticing them.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 16 July, 2010 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Thomas!
"Notice" is an understatement.

Cheers,
Donald of Chamblee
… William Donald Newton, 16 July, 2010 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Question about identification
Hi William,

I came across this photo and was surprised to find it classified under mosquitoes instead of midges.

What makes this insect a mosquito and not a midge?

Thanks!
… codehotaru, 6 March, 2014 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

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