skeeter eaters

[Eric Nielsen]

Crane fly?

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



Eric

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Never heard of 'em.  As you probably know, though, ordinary male mosquitos
> (which don't bite) look huge, almost big enough to cover your driver's
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> JL
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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Darla Wells <lethe9 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 228,000 g-hits and wondering if any of you are familiar with them ....
> I've
> > got a houseful of what I hope are skeeter eaters, but look like giant
> > mosquitos (and here in S. Louisiana could be giant mosquitos).
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