mosquitoes (gnats

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  • 32Crane fly — Nephrotoma (spotted crane fly) …

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  • 33Culicomorpha — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …

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  • 34Little brown bat — Conservation status Least Concern ( …

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  • 35fly — fly1 flyable, adj. flyability, n. /fluy/, v., flew or, for 11, 19, flied, flown, flying, n., pl. flies. v.i. 1. to move through the air using wings …

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  • 37culicidal — Destructive to mosquitoes. [L. culex, gnat, + caedo, to kill] * * * cu·li·ci·dal (ku″lĭ siґdəl) destructive to gnats and mosquitoes …

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  • 38Gnat — Gnat, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A blood sucking dipterous fly, of the genus {Culex}, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in… …

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  • 39Gnat catcher — Gnat Gnat, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A blood sucking dipterous fly, of the genus {Culex}, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting… …

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  • 40Gnat flower — Gnat Gnat, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A blood sucking dipterous fly, of the genus {Culex}, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting… …

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