Author Topic: Huge evil mutant mosquito (Read 1451 times)

Animal · « **on:** April 21, 2002, 08:37:30 AM »

I dont know if these things are common elsewhere, but I have never seen such a large mosquito in my life; and this is a tropical country.

I found it today on my apartment. It looks all bent and mangled because I sprayed it, but when it was healthy it had the posture of a normal mosquito, except several times larger, with long spiderlike legs.

I put a quarter next to it for comparison. The image looks bad because there was low light and I couldnt use flash, but you get the idea.
I wouldnt want one of these squeakes biting me, now I'm paranoid

Tuomio · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2002, 08:57:02 AM »

"There are several primitive flies that look very similar to mosquitoes and are often the cause of considerable concern by the general public. This is a harmless Crane fly, which belongs to the family Tipulidae."

"Adult does not eat. Larva scavenges on decaying plant matter."

Even that they dont bite, they surely are annoying. They tend to buzz around my room and if i kill one, soon another even bigger will appear. Sometimes they are so big, that they cant fly properly, only buzz around near the floor. Cats like to eat them, so you should get one if you want to get rid of those flies.

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2002, 08:57:33 AM »

its not a mosquito. we have them in se texas its a type of fly. but it does look just like one and flyes like one. but no bite.

he beat me to it

Animal · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2002, 09:05:29 AM »

yeah thats exactly how it looks.

even if they dont bite they are ugly as hell and i want em out of here!

*i need a cat*

Skuzzy · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2002, 09:13:07 AM »

Get a cat Animal. It is hilarious to watch them chase these things around. Just make sure you have no breakables on shelves as the cat will tend to get very focused on it prey to the exclusion of being careful to not run into things.
My cat was chasing one of these things around one day and SMACKED right into the leg of a chair. Poor thing was dizzy for a few minutes.

Sandman · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2002, 10:14:42 AM »

I'd like to see your reaction to one of these ambling across your carpet...

Little miniature land sharks. Once they're full, they just continue killing. Absolutely fearless, I've found a few that when challenged will charge. Of course, this heightened aggression had absolutely no effect and was powerless to stop my boot from crushing it.

Animal · « **Reply #6 on:** April 21, 2002, 10:18:06 AM »

Those are some ugly spiders

In the arid regions of the Dominican Republic there are HUGE hand-sized tarantulas crawling everywhere. you really have to be careful where you put your limbs. And they are VERY aggressive.

As kids, we used to put water on their burrows so that they would come out charging and fight our dogs

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #7 on:** April 21, 2002, 11:36:05 AM »

Ugliest spider I saw was down in Columbia. It almost killed one of our guys (had to bring in a C-130 to get him out).

I've always thought of turantulas as kinda fuzzy and cute. This spider looked prehistoric and there was absolutely zero cuteness about it. It was about 3" in diameter (letgs included) and had legs like a king crab with harsh corners at the joints.

A group of soldiers didn't want to risk trying to step on it (we weren't afraid!)... so I shot it with a shotgun. It did only take one blast to kill.

The guy bitten by it only ended up loosing the use of two of his fingers... they wanted to amputate them but he wouldn't let them. Now we call him the claw.

I'm told it was a brown recluse... and they are even here in the NorthWest... but I've never seen anything up here to match the spider I saw down there.

AKDejaVu

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2002, 11:38:09 AM »

Oh.. and Animal...

Don't listen to them. That actually was a mutated bug. It hasn't been widely discussed, but an orange cruise missle containing mosquito mutating enhancing chemicals was lost about 3 weeks ago.

AKDejaVu

Chaos68 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 21, 2002, 12:23:10 PM »

we have them here in Michigan too!

I work outside for a living and see them all the time, what scares me are the mosquitos that have stripes on there wings!

working out side for 6 years and only seeing them in the past 2 years only twice scare the living hell out of me! When they bite it feels like someone is sticking you with a pin in the arm.

mosquitos scard me when they get big and they land on ya, just because they are SO UGLY! and they are out for BLOOD!

Voss · « **Reply #10 on:** April 21, 2002, 12:57:30 PM »

Never, ever, ever, EVER go to Altamonte Springs (a suburb of Orlando) in late Spring, or early Fall. The mosquitos near R/C World (location of the state championships for precision aerobatics) are large enough to carry off children and smaller females. The din of their wings have been known to cause ardent veterans to turn white with fear and, God forbid should you be too slow in retreating to your car, they can drain every drop of your blood in less than a minute.

I'm not kidding.

Animal · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2002, 01:00:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Voss
The mosquitos near R/C World (location of the state championships for precision aerobatics) are large enough to carry off children and smaller females.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Karnak · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2002, 03:17:22 PM »

Those things are all over here in N. CA. Completely harmless though. and yes, cats see them as toys.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2002, 03:39:22 PM »

Got some wierd stuff up here in Pennsylvania, but nothing compared to the "interesting" and overgrown beatle population of MCB Quantico, Va. Having one of those suckers land on you was like getting hit with a baseball bat.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2002, 04:00:20 PM »

COME ON YOU APES!!! YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER??!?!

Remember, it's the mosquitos or us!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Daniel