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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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I am getting eaten alive in my yard this year, probably due to all the rain. However, I am seeing these huge mosquitos coming to my flowers this year, which is new.
Are the big ones more likely to bite than the tiny ones, like the Asian tiger mosquitos? I tentatively id'd the bluish one as a "gallnipper", the "blue-tail fly" of the song, known to bite through thick clothing. Are the ones coming to the flowers the males, who don't bite, or both genders?
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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That’s a “friend”. It’s a crane fly…. harmless…. it won’t suck your blood.
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The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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![]() Adult predatory mosquitoes feed on nectar and other naturally occurring carbohydrate sources reduce pest and disease-bearing mosquitoes. - from http://www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdf/Predmosquit.pdf but never take blood meals, leading many entomologists to recognize this mosquito’s potential to I didn't know mosquitoes existed that did not need a blood meal to produce eggs. Very cool! Especially cool that they are in my yard! ![]() I am glad to have beneficial mosquitoes whose larva kill off the other ones, and who have been suggested for biological control of mosquito pests.
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Ya... I missed that. I knew they were "friend" not foe though. We call those Mosquito Eaters around here and neither the males or the females will "suck" your blood. I didn't realize they were actually mosquitoes though. I think we've got several different species of them but I never get lucky enough to get photos. I did get a good photo of an actual Crane fly though... it was stuck in a spider's web!!! Your 1st photo is the best. I really like the blue irridescence!!!
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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My mom called crane flies "mosquito hawks" and swore to me that they ate mosquitoes, until I was old enough to learn about them and laugh at her mistake. Now I know that there is an insect that looks very like a crane fly who is at least predatory on the larva. Moral: never laugh at your mom.
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