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Gallinipper (Psorophora ciliata)
Photo#73751
Copyright © 2006
Steve Scott
Psorophora ciliata
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Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
July 28, 2006
Size: 2 cm
Usually solitary but consistantly present for about 2 weeks.
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Contributed by
Steve Scott
on 29 August, 2006 - 8:42pm
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 12:55pm
mosquito
looks like a female elephant mosquito, perhaps in the genus Toxorhynchites or Psorophora... although i do not know them well at all.
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edward trammel
, 29 August, 2006 - 9:18pm
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female
Psorophora ciliata. Yes they do get pretty big. The larva are capable of feeding on other larva. On the bad side the females are aggresive biters that really hurt when they do bite
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Omar Fahmy
, 29 August, 2006 - 9:55pm
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As I can testify
I've never seen one that can get through blue jeans before!
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Steve Scott
, 29 August, 2006 - 11:06pm
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