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Filler' up - Mansonia dyari - female

Filler' up - Mansonia dyari - Female
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
November 17, 2005
Dorsal view showing "salt and pepper" appearance of broad wing scales.
I suppose I should mention that the larvae of these do not have the "traditional" respiratory siphon of Culicines, but instead have a saw-like piercing siphon to puncture the airspace in submerged vegetation. This is a characteristic they share with Coquilletidia.

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