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.
“Bees are the smallest of birds. They are born from the bodies of oxen, or from the decaying flesh of slaughtered calves; worms form in the flesh and then turn into bees. Bees live in community, choose the most noble among them as king, have wars, and make honey. Their laws are based on custom, but the king does not enforce the law; rather the lawbreakers punish themselves by stinging themselves to death. Bees are afraid of smoke and are excited by noise. Each has its own duty: guarding the food supply, watching for rain, collecting dew to make honey, and making wax from flowers.”
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