Does a Daisy have blood?

I took this shot of what looks like a mosquito on a daisy. I wasn't aware
that they drank the nectar of flowers.

http://www.pbase.com/dondunlap/image/54290160

Don

 

Only females suck blood, required to reproduce, iirc.
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they do. Mosquitos, not daisys. only female mosquitos suck blood,
and they don't have to do it every generation, they normally live on
plant juice.

 

I am not sure what that is...but its not a mosquito!! It looks like a
mosquito hawk, but they actually eat mosquitoes...so not sure what it
is...but too big for a mosquito.

 

No, it's not a mosquito hawk and it is not as big as it looks. That is a
small daisy. It measures about 1 inch across. Also, we have huge mosquitos
here.

Don

 

Could be a crane fly. They look like mosquitos except for the fact that
they're about an inch long. They're strictly vegetarian too, unlike female
mosquitos.

 

It is indeed a member of the Crane fly family. And yes, in some parts of the
U.S. they are called "mosquito hawks", and the old wives tale is they are
mosquito predators. They do not.

http://www.everythingabout.net/arti...rthropods/insects/flies/crane_fly/index.shtml

 

I don't know the answer to whether they live off of flowers...but I'm
thinking that's not even a mosquito.

 

That is, indeed, a Crane Fly. Much bigger than a mosquito, and their mouth
parts, though similar in appearance, function completely differently. If
you have grubs in your lawn that are brown with a white head, these are the
larvae of the Crane Fly...
Digging deep into the memories of my class in Plant Pathology in
1975...Which, since it was the '70s, may be a bit on the inaccurate side...

 

Thanks for the comments. I sure thought that it was a mosquito, but I am
overruled.

Don

 

Male mosquitoes don't drink blood, just the bitches.