Do GIANT MOSQUITOS bite?

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Wintermute76
if it's about 2", it sounds like a crane fly. They look like giant mosquitoes, but I've never heard of them biting. We have them here in MN, they're orange and only get about 1 to 1.5".

This thing is brown.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: aphex
The biggest mosquito ive ever been stung by was bigger than my fist. And yes, i killed the bastard.

Your fist????

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: aphex
The biggest mosquito ive ever been stung by was bigger than my fist. And yes, i killed the bastard.

bugs are large in florida

 

[MustangSVT]

PICS!!! cuase most likely we are not talking about same type of an insect

 

[yoda291]

ok, has no one here noticed he hit the damn thing with clay and it was UNHARMED?! what the hell kind of bug is this? for crying out loud are you playing with plutonium or something?

 

[lowtech1]

Most large flies don't bite.

 

[RossGr]

I am betting it is a Crane Fly

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
PICS!!! cuase most likely we are not talking about same type of an insect

Damn! I was going to say PICS!!!!
Maybe it's a Mosquito Hawk. Looks just like one, only huge and they eat them.... so I've been told, I've never fed one or watched him eat....

 

[rickn]

it could be a mosquito hawk. they EAT tiny mosquitos, they don't bite people.

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: rickn
it could be a mosquito hawk. they EAT tiny mosquitos, they don't bite people.

aka cranefly

 

[Night201]

OMG. Winkosmosis is Spaz!

(Opie and Anthony fans would get that)

 

[rickn]

Originally posted by: McPhreak

Originally posted by: rickn
it could be a mosquito hawk. they EAT tiny mosquitos, they don't bite people.

aka cranefly

yup, that's it. They kind of bobb up and down as they fly, like they are trying to catch their weight. they are harmless

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: Wintermute76
if it's about 2", it sounds like a crane fly. They look like giant mosquitoes, but I've never heard of them biting. We have them here in MN, they're orange and only get about 1 to 1.5".

This thing is brown.

Seen mosquitos as large as 2-3" before. They grow em big in Fayetteville, NC as well.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Hmmmm... maybe it is a cranefly. I was suspicious of the whole male mosquito thing... I seem to recall that those are green and the same size as females. I'm confused now though.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: aphex
The biggest mosquito ive ever been stung by was bigger than my fist. And yes, i killed the bastard.

:Q:Q:Q:Q

 

[CaptnKirk]

Sounds to me like the Mosquito Hawk, yes they bite, but they bite MOSQUITOS !

The bugs are so big in Florida....
How big ARE they ?
Well I called about a Palmetto Bug, big cockroach....
and they offered me $ 300 trade in allowance for a Buick Park Avenue.