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m_aronis Athens, Greece Sep 01, 2015

Hi,

please help identifying this mosquito. It looks like this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus

Any ideas?

thanks,
Marios

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 01, 2015

This is not a mosquito at all; it is a small robber fly (family Asilidae). These are ambush predators on other small arthropods, it probably would eat a mosquito if it caught one...

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m_aronis Athens, Greece Sep 01, 2015

Perfect!

This means i need to set it free!!!
Really appreciate your help!

Marios

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