A Chinese entomologist has broken a new Guinness World Record after discovering the world’s biggest mosquito.

This week, Zhao Li, with the Insect Museum of West China in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan, received certification from the Guinness World Records, which confirmed a giant mosquito he discovered in June to be the world’s biggest.

Previously, the record holder was a mosquito discovered by British zoologist Mark Carwardine. Carwardine describes in his 2008 book “Animal Records” that the distance between the mosquito’s foreleg and hind leg could reach 23 cm.

But Zhao’s discovery of the mosquito, known as Holorusia mikado, has nabbed the top spot.

The specimen of the mosquito, kept in Zhao’s museum, has a wingspan of 11.15 cm, while the distance between its foreleg and hind leg is 25.8 cm.

Holorusia mikado, the biggest kind of mosquito, was originally discovered in Japan. Zhao said that such giant mosquitos barely suck on blood. Instead, they feed on honey flower.

“Actually, in English, it is not called a mosquito,” Zhao said. “It is called a crane fly. Meanwhile, people in Germany call it a ‘long-legged father’.”

The Insect Museum of West China keeps more than 700,000 items, including insect specimens, fossils and cultural relics.

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Chineke! Wayyyyoooo Allah na!! Olorun!!! Cheiii. If to say mosquito dey like dis we for don die finish

Interesting

.......They barely suck blood rather suck honey from flower....... I wish that could be explained to mosquitoes in Nigeria

dame!!!

So Nigerian mosquitoes still de learn work?

This thing see almost every week.

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joseo:
.......They barely suck blood rather suck honey from flower....... I wish that could be explained to mosquitoes in Nigeria

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There are different species of mosquitoes, the one that feeds on blood is the female anopheles mosquitoe to fertilize their eggs, the other species i.e the males naturally feed on plants.

Tamarapetty:
Congrat dear

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if this type of mosquito bite any human, I swear eh, em go drain fast

elvision1:
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There are different species of mosquitoes, the one that feeds on blood is the female anopheles mosquitoe to fertilize their eggs, the other species i.e the males naturally feed on plants.

Female Anopheles mosquitoe. Emphasis on female. If you know, then you know.













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Awusubilai!

Oh my! That's big.

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The mosquito is obviously on a very good diet.

If say dis one dey suck blood, jus one nite of attack blood go finish for person body

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Nonsense! I have seen bigger mosquitoes

FisifunKododada:
Nonsense! I have seen bigger mosquitoes

Where have u seen them?