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 mosquito from Ecuador (3 pics)
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| Rupert Huber |
Posted on 18-10-2009 02:48
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 Member Location: Germany / South-East Bavaria Posts: 861 Joined: 19.07.07 |
Hello to all! Is there a chance to narrow down a bit from Culicidae? There were many of them sitting on leaves, so that I took pictures and was glad that they ignored me so far. Length was about 1cm. 19.8.2009, Ecuador, Prov. Tungurahua, near Baņos, about 1900m asl Rupert Huber attached the following image:  [179.66Kb] Best greetings Rupert |
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| Rupert Huber |
Posted on 18-10-2009 02:48
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Member Location: Germany / South-East Bavaria Posts: 861 Joined: 19.07.07 |
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Rupert Huber attached the following image:  [168.8Kb] Best greetings Rupert |
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| Rupert Huber |
Posted on 18-10-2009 02:48
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Member Location: Germany / South-East Bavaria Posts: 861 Joined: 19.07.07 |
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Rupert Huber attached the following image:  [184.38Kb] Best greetings Rupert |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 02-04-2016 15:31
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It didn't bite you because it is a male of the non-biting genus Toxorhynchites. The name is Greek for "bent nose" (approximately), referring to the curved proboscis that is only good for poking at flowers. |
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