Such bravery… he proceeded to play with the corpse until nothing was left of it :)
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
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That's not a mosquito, it's a harmless mosquito hawk, aka crane fly. Not a risk to humans, lives off grass roots.
Mosquito hawks are dragonflies, which actually eat mosquitoes. That there is a gollywhopper.
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."
Aha! https://entomologytoday.org/2015/08/17/mosquito-hawk-skeeter-eater-giant-mosquito-no-no-and-no/