Toxorhynchites
Toxorhynchites, also called elephant mosquito or mosquito eater, is a genus of diurnal and often relatively colorful mosquitoes, found worldwide between about 35° north and 35° south. It includes the largest known species of mosquito, at up to in length and in wingspan. It is among the many kinds of mosquito that do not consume blood. The adults subsist on carbohydrate-rich materials, such as honeydew, or saps and juices from damaged plants, refuse, fruit, and nectar.
List of largest insects
Representatives of the extinct dragonfly-like order Meganisoptera (also known as griffinflies) such as the Carboniferous "Meganeura monyi" and the Permian "Meganeuropsis permiana" are the largest insect species ever known. These creatures had a wingspan of some and an estimated body weight of over , making them about the size of a crow.