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Mosquito Eater

Photo by Alisha
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DonaldBeasley
Crane Fly Family Tipulidae http://eol.org/pages/514/overview
DonaldBeasley
I recommend that you remove the tag "mosquito," since your specimen is a crane fly, also erroneously colloquially called a "mosquito eater." Crane flies do not eat mosquitoes.

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PublishedJune 18, 2011

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