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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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Insect - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male
Copyright © 2012 Chris Barrigar

Insect - Toxorhynchites rutilus - Male
Bloomfield / Holly Ridge Conservation Area, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
June 20, 2010
Size: ~.75 inch (~18-19mm) long
These insects were on the walls in the privy at the conservation area. They were quite large and almost mistook them as "Texas" mosquitoes.

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Contributed by Chris Barrigar on 17 February, 2012 - 11:22am
Last updated 5 January, 2016 - 6:19pm

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… John F. Carr, 17 February, 2012 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

this got my attention
i wouldnt of thought it was a mosquito, but when i saw it was moved i took a look..i knew males feed on nectar etc..not us..and i found this..which looks alot like yours..
… Edna Woodward, 17 February, 2012 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you're right
Way cool! Thanks! I was thinking it was a midge or something like that. I never knew what male mosquitoes . . . until now.
… Chris Barrigar, 17 February, 2012 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 17 February, 2012 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

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