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Nematocera

通用名稱：

Mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies

分配：

Distributed from the coldest areas, close to the Poles, to the tropical belts and equator, including the desert zones

棲息地：

Humid habitats

飲食：

Adults will feed on nectar. Larvae will feed on decaying materials, but sometimes also animal feces and rotting wood. Many feeds on different types and stages of fungi.

全球物種數量：

3,600

香港的物種數量：

2,686

形態學
（如何識別它們）：

-Thin, segmented antennae
-Mostly aquatic larvae
-The bodies and legs of most adult Nematocera are elongated, and many species have relatively long abdomens.

圖表

你可知道 ？

Males of many species form mating swarms competing for females that visit the cloud of males to find a mate.

畫廊

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