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A truly spectacular fly!
jorgemotalmeida
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Posted on 01-12-2007 20:49
Try to realize which is this Culicidae Smile It is very easy. Among one of the easiest flies to ID. Smile

This photo was granted by an entomological physician from Canada. He calls Sean McCann.


A beauty but a monster in the other side... awkward


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Alvesgaspar
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Posted on 01-12-2007 21:51
WIth these bushy antennae I would say it is a male (I can't see the proboscis either). Culisetta sp. ?
 
jorgemotalmeida
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Posted on 01-12-2007 21:51
no! Smile
 
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