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the killer - Toxorhynchites rutilus - female
Copyright © 2006 Omar Fahmy

the killer - Toxorhynchites rutilus - Female
Pawcatuk, Stonington County, Connecticut, USA
October 11, 2006
there she IS. after an exhausting 3 weeks she has completed her life cycle. And we a have record for Connecticut now. I have another pupa from the same egg batch. It would be great if he is a male.

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another shot of the ferociousness - Toxorhynchites rutilus the killer - Toxorhynchites rutilus the killer - Toxorhynchites rutilus - female
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Contributed by Omar Fahmy on 11 October, 2006 - 4:35pm
Last updated 11 October, 2006 - 7:49pm

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