A specimen of the world's largest mosquito (among this insect species) is kept in the West China Insect Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
In 2018, it was included in the Guinness Book of Records.
The mosquito belongs to the species Holorusia Mikado.
Its wingspan is 11.15 centimeters, and the distance between its legs is 25.8 centimeters.
Fortunately, this mosquito does not drink blood – this amazing creature feeds on flower nectar.
Nevertheless, such dimensions allowed the insect to break the previous record.
Before him, the largest mosquito in the world was considered to be the one described by the British naturalist Mark Carwardine in his book Animal Records.
Published in 2007 and produced by the Natural History Museum in London, the book described a mosquito with a maximum distance between its front and hind legs of 23 centimetres.
Earlier we talked about the record set by German Mukhamed Kahrimanovich , who broke 140 coconuts in one minute.
