Pitcherplant Mosquito
Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett, 1901)
Pitcherplant Mosquito: https://mail.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/14638
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The larvae of this species are found only in Northern Pitcherplant leaves and feed upon the invertebrates that the plant has captured. These larvae can survive freezing and have been found frozen along with the water in the pitcherplant's leaf. (J. Emm, pers. comm.)

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