And why the hell do they just appear out of nowhere when you least expect it; I just found one flitting around the floor in my basement, guess it's wing was damaged or something... Without a fly swatter around I had to resort to other methods and tossed the Atlas on it, one seriously big frakkin' book. Seriously though; what are these things, mutant mosquitos, mosquito queens? All those Transquito's that didn't sell who were melted in the plastic bins or something upon return to Hasbro/Kenner... And just why the hell do they freak me out so much? Lousy bugs.
There are crane flies that look like mosquitoes are starting to appear. They are about 10-20 times larger than mosquitoes, with very long legs. Perhaps that is what you are seeing.
I take it you've seen Big Trouble. Leonard: Look at this thing. He's the size of a Buick. Henry Desalvo: She. Leonard: She what? Henry Desalvo: The mosquito is a she. Leonard: How the hell can you tell that? Henry Desalvo: Discovery channel. Only the female mosquito sucks your blood. Leonard: Sounds like my ex-wife. "Bitch."
We have those here in FL, and I grew up calling them "gallinippers". They're about the size of a quarter. I don't think they bite, but that is contradictory to the definition. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gallinipper Pics: http://images.google.com/images?q=gallinipper+&hl=en
Well I don't care, if it's got more then two legs and is in my house it's going to die; no if's and's or but's. (Unless it's a common ordinary house cat or a dog or something... Perhaps I should rephrase that.) Call me crazy, but when it comes to bugs I'm afraid I'm a tad paranoid... Post traumatic reaction or just plain creeped out who can say, unless it's an Insecticon, Maximal or Predacon it ain't aloud in this house.
Yup.. Love it. got the dvd.. "Arthur Herk. One of the few Floridians who was NOT confused when he voted for Pat Buchanan. "
