Category
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Toxorhynchites
Toxorhynchites, also called elephant mosquitoes or mosquito eaters, is a genus of diurnal and often relatively colorful mosquitoes, found worldwide between about 35° north and 35° south. Most species occur in forests. It includes the largest known species of mosquito, at up to in length and in wingspan. It is among the few kinds of mosquito that do not consume blood. The adults subsist on carbohydrate-rich materials, such as honeydew, or saps and juices from damaged plants, refuse, fruit, and nectar.

Toxorhynchites rajah
species of insect
Toxorhynchites splendens
species of insect
Toxorhynchites rutilus
species of insect
Toxorhynchites speciosus
species of insect
Toxorhynchites minimus
species of insect
Toxorhynchites christophi
species of insect