I’ve made observation of mosquito and posted it however community insists my observation is a fly, I know the quality of image I posted isn’t the best but there is visible proboscis piercing the skin and I wrote it in the notes. As far as I know flies don’t drink blood.
Is there anything I can do about those IDs?
Technically, mosquitoes are a member of order Diptera (flies), so maybe people are adding broad identifications rather than misidentifications?
You can always tag other knowledgeable identifiers of mosquitoes and/or Diptera (flies) in general. Or you can withdraw from the community taxon, but be aware if you do so, the observation will be downgraded to casual if the community consensus (greater than 2/3rds) disagrees.
That being said, looking at the observation in question, the “probiscis” appears to be a hair from the skin that just happens to align with the fly’s mouthparts. I’m not really a fly person, so I can’t confirm it is a Robber Fly as the other identifiers have suggested, but I know enough to know it isn’t a mosquito.
I always recommend keeping an open mind and engaging with potential misIDs through comments both explaining the reasoning behind your own ID and politely requesting others point out the diagnostic characteristics behind their IDs.
It’s a great observation! *observation deleted
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246605934
So, the folks that were putting on ID’s didn’t put an explanation on their ID’s (it’s not essential), but I’ve put some companion webpages to compare and contrast. One of the individuals that ID’ed your fly is a genuine expert in robber flies as well! :)
This is how iNaturalist is supposed to work. See this iNat help page: Why do people keep adding “obvious” IDs like “Plants” or “Fungi”?
However you can see dent in skin while you can’t see other dents where the rest of the hair come out. It’s been 2 months ago but it was picture made near river where there is a lot mosquitos and I got bitten plenty.
Also it’s quite painful to see your blood being sucked out. Also also I don’t know any experts or how to find them
You should always put an ID on it, even if very general like grasshopper… otherwise the real experts in their field are not able to find the observation.
So the people IDing your observation to this general level actually are a great help… I am a spider expert and I will almost never go through unkowns (we have great deticated people doing this) and will not find anyones spider if it is not at least IDed as arachnid or araneae…
That being said, the mosquito clearly is a robber fly, no question about that… one of your hairs misled you there 
The “dent” at the base of the hair is just a different hair from the fly’s own leg. I’m not denying that mosquitoes were potentially present and biting, just noting that this isn’t a mosquito (and isn’t biting in the photo).
There are actually many different flies which drink blood (including mosquitoes).
I still think it’s a mosquito. Like I mentioned earlier there is pain related to observing them on your skin
Robber flies have claws on their feet that may poke you, and they also have a proboscis that can inject venom like a bee’s stinger, this is very clearly a robber fly
They do not drink blood, but they will inject venom defensively, like a bee
Just a note that ID discussions should happen on the observation itself. The forum is not a place for hashing out IDs for observation, that’s what iNat is designed for.
If you think others are wrong, you should write civil, evidence-based comments on the observation itself to make your case.
You’re welcome to think so. I disagree but the forum really isn’t the place to discuss IDs.
Often when June beetles or grasshoppers land on my bare skin, I misinterpret the surprise and feeling of something there as pain until I realize that I haven’t actually been bitten.
How do I close the topic?
I can do it if you like.
One last thing, there’s an FAQ about this here: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170243-what-if-i-disagree-with-someone-s-identification-
Yes please, if forums are not for discussing observations more people might come here and talk about it
