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mosquito-looking fly with feathered antenna - Toxorhynchites rutilus
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mosquito-looking fly with feathered antenna - Toxorhynchites rutilus
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
September 24, 2014
Contributed by KCWildlife on 24 September, 2014 - 3:54pm
Last updated 24 September, 2014 - 9:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 24 September, 2014 - 9:34pm

check out Toxorhynchites rutilus
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… metrioptera, 24 September, 2014 - 4:20pm

 
Thanks for the tip, metriopte
Thanks for the tip, metrioptera.
… KCWildlife, 24 September, 2014 - 7:10pm

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