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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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Elephant mosquito? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - female
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Elephant mosquito? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - Female
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
July 12, 2006
First sighting this year.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 23 July, 2006 - 1:26am
Last updated 24 July, 2006 - 9:52pm

Indeed
I think that 90 degree angle on the proboscis pretty much clinches the IDs on these.
… Herschel Raney, 23 July, 2006 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

 
yes,
a female Toxorhynchites rutilus. Thats amazing, you are very lucky to have found one this up North. They are VERY rare up there. Sean will be happy to see this.
… Omar Fahmy, 23 July, 2006 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'm finding that southern Illinois has quite a few "southerners" in residence.
… Steve Scott, 24 July, 2006 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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