Our largest mosquito. This species is highly predatory as a larva and doesn't need to take a blood meal as an adult to produce eggs. Found in the eastern U.S.
Thorax is black with a narrow golden stripe down the center and gold fringing the outside edge of the black stripes. Palps are long, thick, and straight in females and very long, and upturned in males, giving the species it's common name of Elephant Mosquito. The proboscis is strongly decurved, a characteristic of members of its genus. (J. Emm, pers. comm.)
As adults, both males and female feed on nectar. Larvae feed on aquatic insects, including other mosquitoes.
There are 16 records in the project database.
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