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Flying Insect ID Request - Psorophora howardii

Flying Insect ID Request - Psorophora howardii
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
July 13, 2006
I swear this thing was stalking me as I walked through the woods.

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.

Moved
Moved from Nematocera.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Mosquito.
A female mosquito, perhaps in the genus Psorophora (should be spelled SORE-or-phora, 'cause that's how you feel after one of these giants bites you!:-)

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