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Elephant Mosquito (Toxorhynchites rutilus)
Photo#79023
Copyright © 2006
Omar Fahmy
the killer -
Toxorhynchites rutilus
Pawcatuk, Stonington County, Connecticut, USA
September 23, 2006
YES! found their colony up North.
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Contributed by
Omar Fahmy
on 23 September, 2006 - 5:58pm
Moved
Moved from
Mosquitoes
.
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Omar Fahmy
, 23 September, 2006 - 5:59pm
Colony?
What kind of habitat? Also, were there more than 1?
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Sean McCann
, 24 September, 2006 - 6:11pm
from a tire
there were many more. we heard of a permanent Ae. albopictus colony so we were looking there. But we have found these instead
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Omar Fahmy
, 24 September, 2006 - 6:32pm