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Chinese entomologist Zhao Li caught a mosquito, wingspan which is 11 and a half centimeters!
Monster insect was accidentally discovered specialist during a recent hike to Qinchenshan Mountain Dujiangyan City County. According to the scientist, it cost him considerable efforts to captivate this giant without damaging it, and deliver to your university.
According to Zhao Li, science knows rare mosquitoes with wingspan up to 8 centimeters, however, a specimen caught our hero is truly amazing and unique. Despite the fact that this creature looks intimidating, fortunately, it does not drink blood, like some of its relatives, preferring nectar instead plants.
Adults live only a few days. Larger representative of this species, the harder it is for him to fly, transferring his “heavy” body. Most often, such giant mosquitoes make for movement is something like long jumps. From flower to flower …
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