Elephant mosquito
Not everything is as bad as it may seem.
Toxorhynchites. My favourite mosquito of all. These are beneficial mosquitoes and are just lovely things to have around.
I’m still trying to get a decent shot, but they are very ‘skittish’ animals. They do not bite, and their larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae, so they are there to do you a favour. That long proboscis is to get into flowers. They are quite common if you have lots of bromeliads. Very beautiful little things.
Elephant mosquito
Not everything is as bad as it may seem.
Toxorhynchites. My favourite mosquito of all. These are beneficial mosquitoes and are just lovely things to have around.
I’m still trying to get a decent shot, but they are very ‘skittish’ animals. They do not bite, and their larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae, so they are there to do you a favour. That long proboscis is to get into flowers. They are quite common if you have lots of bromeliads. Very beautiful little things.