Beware of gallinippers

[bcp]

Gallinippers! Monster mosquitoes poised to strike Florida - CBS News

One of the most ferocious insects you've ever heard of it's the size of a quarter and its painful bite has been compared to being knifed, is set to invade Florida this summer.

The Sunshine State, already home to man-eating sinkholes, invading Burmese pythons, swarming sharks, tropical storms and other disasters, can expect to see an explosion of shaggy-haired gallinippers (Psorophora ciliata), a type of giant mosquito, according to entomologist Phil Kaufman of the University of Florida.

 

[terry.dinerman]

...do you think the .410 is enough gun for these beasts?

T

 

[dmccarty]

...do you think the .410 is enough gun for these beasts?

T

No! Three inch magnum 12 gauge!

Auto loading shotgun because there will be swarms of them! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[JakeBrake]

Thanks. Apparently, this is a different critter from the gallinippers that we have always had around here. Per Wiki our gallinipper is actually a crane fly. Crane flies are harmless except that when they are in season there are so many of them that they make a mess.

Crane fly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Western]

...do you think the .410 is enough gun for these beasts?

T

:laughing: Thats what I was think'n, good thing I have a couple of 12 guages and ammo

 

[terry.dinerman]

:laughing: Thats what I was think'n, good thing I have a couple of 12 guages and ammo

I'll check with my Cousin Marcel over in Monroe, Louisiana....if its made out of meat he hunts it....and you never know...them thangs may be GOOD EATIN...! :licking:

T

 

[dusty3030]

Goodness gracious.
That thing could stand flat footed and _ _ _ _ a turkey!

 

[Whisper35]

We have a lot of mosquitoes up here and they do get large.....but we do not have anything in that size.

I am soooo glad that I live up here. No Snakes, No Ticks, No Gators and no Giant Mosquitoes!

 

[bcp]

We have a lot of mosquitoes up here...

Understatement of the year!

I had to slow down for visibility, use fog lights, and screen my radiator.

Bruce

 

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