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Crane FlyFamily Tipulidaehttp://eol.org/pages/514/overview
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.
Spotted on Jun 18, 2011 Submitted on Jun 18, 2011
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Crane Fly
Family Tipulidae
http://eol.org/pages/514/overview
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.