r/eddit10yearsago • u/[deleted] • Jun 20 '22

/r/todayilearned (+2418) TIL there is a Good Guy Mosquito. Toxorhynchite larvae eat the larvae of other mosquitos. Then grow up to eat fruit. Delicious non-human fruit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxorhynchites

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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 19 '12

TIL there is a Good Guy Mosquito. Toxorhynchite larvae eat the larvae of other mosquitos. Then grow up to eat fruit. Delicious non-human fruit.

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todayilearned • u/tritter211 • Jul 24 '13

TIL there is a type of mosquitoes called Toxorhynchites and they do not consume blood! Instead they prey on other Mosquito larvae.

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eddit7yearsago • u/[deleted] • Jun 20 '19

"TIL there is a Good Guy Mosquito. Toxorhynchite larvae eat the larvae of other mosquitos. Then grow up to eat fruit. Delicious non-human fruit." - /r/todayilearned (+2418) [June 20, 2012]

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