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Toxyrynchitis - Toxorhynchites rutilus - female
Copyright © 2005 Sandra

Toxyrynchitis - Toxorhynchites rutilus - Female
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
September 3, 2005
Raised from the larva. I think this is a beautiful mosquito.

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Contributed by Sandra on 6 July, 2006 - 8:39pm
Last updated 11 October, 2006 - 7:54pm

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Do you work with these guys? That kind of looks like a BioQuip folding cage...
… Sean McCann, 6 July, 2006 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, last year.
I work in a lab and my advisor brought a couple to me and I fed them Aedes larva.

What's BioQuip? (I used a stereoscope with a camera attachment.)
… Sandra, 6 July, 2006 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

 
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The hinged thing with the rivets in the background looks like part of an insect cage from BioQuip (a lab equipment manufacturer).
… Sean McCann, 6 July, 2006 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
:) I don't know where the cag
:) I don't know where the cage came from buts it's the only one like it that we have in the lab. I love that cage. :)
… Sandra, 6 July, 2006 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

 
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They are pretty decent... I used some sweet custom-made Plexiglas ones last year at USDA. Very easy to clean.
… Sean McCann, 6 July, 2006 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

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