pitcher plant mosquito - Wyeomyia smithii

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Wyeomyia » Northern Pitcher-Plant Mosquito (Wyeomyia smithii)

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Copyright © 2016 tom murray

pitcher plant mosquito - Wyeomyia smithii -

Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 19, 2016

This is the one I took home to photograph. The rear legs aren't in the customary curled over the head fashion because it was walking.

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pitcher plant mosquito - Wyeomyia smithii - female

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Contributed by tom murray on 20 June, 2016 - 8:30am

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