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DonaldBeasley
DonaldBeasley 8 years ago

Crane Fly
Family Tipulidae
http://eol.org/pages/514/overview

DonaldBeasley
DonaldBeasley 8 years ago

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.

Alisha
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Alisha

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 18, 2011
Submitted on Jun 18, 2011

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