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Mosquito eater

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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 10 years ago

As Chaenorrhinum mentioned, this belongs in the Arthropods category. I have moved it for you. Also, it's a crane fly, which is in the family Tipulidae. It does not eat mosquitoes, and most crane flies do not feed at all as adults. :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

Chaenorrhinum
Chaenorrhinum 10 years ago

This should be listed as an "arthropod" not an "other"

Placer High School
Spotted by a stud ent at Placer High School

California, USA

Spotted on Aug 28, 2013
Submitted on Aug 28, 2013

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