Elephant Mosquito

Description:

Usually I think of mosquitoes as pesky pests aiming only to suck my blood while I am out photographing, but this Elephant mosquito subsist on carbohydrate-rich materials, such as honeydew, or saps and juices from damaged plants, refuse, fruit, and nectar*. This one is amazingly beautiful: metallic blue thorax, purple legs and rostrum, purple and cream abdomen, and iridescent wings. When standing, it keeps the rear legs lifted. *Wikipedia