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 a…

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, look…

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 …

[image] TheJungleExplorer: So far, multiple people have identified that as a super broad category of " Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids." Talk about using a shotgun to thread a needle. I mean, I could have told you that. This is how iNaturalist is supposed to work. See this iNat help pag…

[image] swampster: 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. 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 …

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 unk…

[image] arkotal: 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. The “dent” at the base of the hair is just a different hair …

[image] arkotal: As far as I know flies don’t drink blood. 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 [komar-f1]

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

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isopodguy December 14, 2024, 12:41am 10

There are actually many different flies which drink blood (including mosquitoes).

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