I wanted to introduce y’all to a Texas-sized mosquito, the gallinipper. I do a “finger for scale” thing frequently, but in this case somebody thought I was offering a free meal. Haaaaaaa NOPE!
Getting bit by one of these ladies feels about as painful as getting stuck with a hypodermic needle. Not too pleasant!
August 18, 2018
Good question! I have the answer in both metric and imperial units!
Left: cm scale / Right: inch scale
Note: above mosquito is not the same individual in the original post, and may be a little smaller or larger.
This one is by far not the largest one I’ve seen. There was a male so large I thought he was a crane fly at first.
Wanna know how I collect these? I go outside in a tshirt with an empty pill bottle. When they land on me, I pop the bottle over them and quickly cap them. Some of them are so big their legs don’t all fit 😱
August 23, 2018
That’s almost cute. “ooh, dinner??”
These guys can bite clean through thin T-shirts. They fortunately aren’t too common where I am. Terrible little beasties.
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