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Dee777 Melbourne, Australia Mar 31, 2011

Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
About 3 cm long

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PanamonCreel Celaya, Mexico(Zone 10a) Mar 31, 2011

Looks like a non biting male mosquito

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Dee777 Melbourne, Australia Mar 31, 2011

Thank you :-)

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Mar 31, 2011

This indeed is non-biting, but it is not a mosquito. It is a midge in the family Chironomidae. Some species can be nuisance pests when they occur in enormous numbers.

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