skeeter eaters

[Wilson Gray]

I agree that a crane fly looks like one big-assed, but otherwise
completely harmless, mosquito. But, though I remember them quite
clearly from my East-Texas childhood, somehow, I can't recall any
other name for them except "crane fly," which, IME, is literary and
not a local or a dialect term.

-Wilson

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Crane fly?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
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> Eric
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> 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
>> license.
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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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-Wilson
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