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Such bravery… he proceeded to play with the corpse until nothing was left of it :)

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (8 children)

That's not a mosquito, it's a harmless mosquito hawk, aka crane fly. Not a risk to humans, lives off grass roots.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Mosquito hawks are dragonflies, which actually eat mosquitoes. That there is a gollywhopper.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The Crane Fly also gets called a Mosquito Hawk:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

In colloquial speech, crane flies are known as mosquito hawks or "skeeter-eaters", though they do not actually prey on adult mosquitos or other insects.[7][8] They are also sometimes called "daddy longlegs", a name which is also used for arachnids of the family Pholcidae and the order Opiliones. The larvae of crane flies are known commonly as leatherjackets.[7]

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sure, if you're a stupid idiot.

(Adult crane flies don't eat. They don't even have mouths.)

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Alright, Lemmy is just Reddit now. I'm out.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

alwayshasbeen.jpg

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Eh

https://mosquitojoe.com/blog/difference-between-crane-fly-and-mosquito-hawk/

"Unlike the name suggests, a mosquito hawk is not a single insect. Instead, it refers to a group of insects, including the crane fly, dragonflies, and damselflies. The term originally came from the idea that these larger insects feast on other types of mosquitoes. In reality, only dragonflies and damselflies are effective predators of mosquitoes."

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