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Crane flies AKA mosquito hawks
Posted on 2/8/17 at 1:12 am
Posted on 2/8/17 at 1:12 am
How are they are so good at getting inside the house? God I hate those little shits.
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Posted on 2/8/17 at 1:20 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Spock, Scotty gotta be beaming them into your house I have never had one get into my house.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 1:29 am to Spock's Eyebrow
I swear as soon as I open the garage they go straight for the door.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 1:51 am to Spock's Eyebrow
They get into my car and die on the dash.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 2:27 am to Spock's Eyebrow
I dunno, but I can't bring myself to hate them or kill them. I mean, they eat fricking mosquitos. They rock.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 2:28 am to Shiftyplus1
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they eat fricking mosquitos
No they don't. They're more worthless than lovebugs.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 4:54 am to Spock's Eyebrow
These are not mosquito hawks. Mosquito hawks are dragon flies. They eat mosquitoes, hence the name.
***edit***
Apparently they are both called mosquito hawks. I stand corrected.
***edit***
Apparently they are both called mosquito hawks. I stand corrected.
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 4:57 am
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:36 am to Shiftyplus1
I thighs these things ate mosquitoes, but after conducting some research, I see now that they don't. Damn, I've been lied to for 30+ years??
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 5:40 am
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:13 am to I am GLORIOUS
This changes things...
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:45 am to Spock's Eyebrow
The fricks done made themselves a bumper crop in the greater Central Lafourche are.a
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:48 am to USEyourCURDS
I can't believe this has been a myth the whole time. Apparently the only flying insect that eats adult mosquitoes is the dragonfly.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:56 am to Spock's Eyebrow
They don't even have mouth parts just ignore them. Tipulidae.. looks like green water grubs before they emerge to breed and die
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 6:58 am
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:27 am to Shiftyplus1
People sometimes think I am rude when I don't believe what they say until I verify it.
That so many people still believe the old wives tale of crane flies eating mosquitoes demonstrates the correctness of my general skepticism.
That so many people still believe the old wives tale of crane flies eating mosquitoes demonstrates the correctness of my general skepticism.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:29 am to slackster
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I can't believe this has been a myth the whole time.
This ruined my morning.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:30 am to Spock's Eyebrow
The real mosquito hawk, the dragon fly, is where it's at.
Crane flies just like to bump into stuff
Crane flies just like to bump into stuff
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:32 am to CoolHand
Yeah I'm bouta clock out and go home to my safe space.
Probably gonna research dragonflies and breed the hell out of them until I have an army of mosquito killers
>???
>profit
Probably gonna research dragonflies and breed the hell out of them until I have an army of mosquito killers
>???
>profit
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:50 am to SmoothOperator96
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Probably gonna research dragonflies and breed the hell out of them until I have an army of mosquito killers
They like ponds and water features (same shite mosquitoes like; go figure).
They like to light on tall plants or objects that stick up above the surrounding plants. If you have a dowel or stick in a pot that rises over the plant, they will often light on it. We have an iron rod/spear thing in a potted plant on the patio, and there is almost always one on it during the summer.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:57 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Growing up we called crane flies gyros. And they make great cat toys.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 8:02 am to Twenty 49
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People sometimes think I am rude when I don't believe what they say until I verify it.
That so many people still believe the old wives tale of crane flies eating mosquitoes demonstrates the correctness of my general skepticism.
Shut up and eat a mosquito.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 8:05 am to Twenty 49
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People sometimes think I am rude when I don't believe what they say until I verify it.
That so many people still believe the old wives tale of crane flies eating mosquitoes demonstrates the correctness of my general skepticism.
Damn dude, you're like one of them geniuses I seen on the TV
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