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Posted on 3/3/24 at 3:10 pm to Obtuse1
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Where I grew up mosquito hawks were dragonflies and crane flies were, well, crane flies. Calling dragonflies and damselflies mosquito hawks makes a lot more sense because they actually eat mosquitos.
Throw in the Antlion and we have a party.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 3:15 pm to 225Tyga
Posted on 3/3/24 at 3:41 pm to Obtuse1
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Where I grew up mosquito hawks were dragonflies
This.
We never called crane flies “mosquito hawks”. Sounds like some dumbass got confused as to what a mosquito hawk was and the incorrect moniker spread.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 3:48 pm to Alt26
We called crane flies mosquito hawks, but knew they didn’t eat mosquitoes
And here in Cenla we are overrun at my house. The pool is full of crane flies every morning. The mosquitos are really hungry it seems.
And here in Cenla we are overrun at my house. The pool is full of crane flies every morning. The mosquitos are really hungry it seems.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 3:59 pm to 225Tyga
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I read an article about the lack of cold this winter causing mosquito numbers to rise and it sure seems to be the case
It gets REALLY cold out in Wyoming and Montana around Yellowstone and up to Gallatin. I have never been anywhere in the US where the mosquitos were anywhere NEAR as bad as there!
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:12 pm to AbitaFan08
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They are near the LSU lakes so I was assuming the work being done there made it worse. But maybe not.
Not. Mosquito breeding requires stagnant, non moving water. If anything, the work on the lakes with continuous disturbance of the water and silt suspension probably helps to supress mosquito breeding there.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:21 pm to 225Tyga
Sounds like yall need some bats
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:24 pm to 225Tyga
EBR sprayed my neighborhood a couple weeks ago. Seemed to work well until they returned 2 days later.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:27 pm to Fat and Happy
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The best way to deal with and prepare for mosquitos is to get your Covid 19 vaccination
and let us not forsake 8 booster shots.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:36 pm to WestSideTiger
I went on a killing spree with Cutter. Seems to have worked. For now.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:39 pm to Swamp Angel
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cold out in Wyoming and Montana
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I have never been anywhere in the US where the mosquitos were anywhere NEAR as bad as there
Guess you’ve never been down south
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:40 pm to 225Tyga
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the lack of cold this winter
It was plenty cold between November-February in cenla. The mosquitoes are average but the crane flies are definitely nuts. You know how it is. Get a couple unseasonably warm days in a row and the bugs come out and wildflowers and weeds of all sorts pop up.
I got buzzed by a red wasp earlier so it got sprayed. Stay alert baws.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:49 pm to 225Tyga
I just worked in the yard for a couple hours and I had so much OFF on me and they were still all over me. The worst I have ever seen in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:53 pm to Lsupimp
It's awful. I do a lot of walking through ill-kempt areas for work and will kick up literal clouds of them. Real horrorshow
Posted on 3/3/24 at 4:54 pm to 225Tyga
Mosquitos yes. When you say mosquitos hawks, are you talking about the ones with LONG legs? I call mosquito hawks those pretty blue and green ones with the big head. Just wondering. I'm seeing a ton of those with the log legs which around my parts we call them daddy long leggers.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 5:06 pm to Obtuse1
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Useless bit of trivia
Dragonflies have the highest success rate of all predators. They catch their prey at a 95% rate.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 5:08 pm to PhifeDogg
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Dragonflies have the highest success rate of all predators. They catch their prey at a 95% rate.
They are great for control of mosquitoes in every life stage. Dragonfly larvae eat mosquito larvae, as do Damselfly larvae.
Posted on 3/3/24 at 5:18 pm to Obtuse1
quote:Did you grow up in New Orleans? We called dragonflies mosquito hawks. I'm trying to figure out if they call them that anywhere else.
Where I grew up mosquito hawks were dragonflies
Posted on 3/3/24 at 5:24 pm to Epaminondas
If you have a fish tank with cichlids, they love crane flies
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