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  9. Elephant Mosquito

species 2,871 observations

Elephant Mosquito

Toxorhynchites rutilus

Status
presumed native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

156 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Frostweed, Texas Milkweed, Hairy Angelica 3
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits White Snakeroot, Cutleaf Coneflower, White Beggarticks, Late Boneset 153

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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