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09-JUN-2009

Mosquito female nectaring 1b.jpg

Although female mosquitoes are the ones that feed on blood to initiate egg laying, they also do take nectar from flowers. I am not sure if this mosquito was using the flower for that purpose, or if was just using it for a resting place.

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