HUGE Mosquitoes!!

[santaman2000]

Glad I'm not further south! Normal skeeter on the right; Gallinipper on the left. The good news is the gallinipper's not a disease vector; the bad news is the painful bite.

 

[Goatboy]

They look nasty & capable of taking quite a chunk.

 

[VANDEEN]

I keep thinking it'll be the little things that "do for" mankind, now they dont even look that little

 

[dwardo]

Atleast you will see them coming. Look like they could bite through even a mid layer.
Was plagued with ones near that size on a river trip in summer. Took to wearing a water proof in hot weather as this was the only thing they could not bite through.

 

[Niels]

They must come from very big maggots that you could fish with

 

[Toddy]

They must come from very big maggots that you could fish with

Now there's a practical man
Get the blighters before they get us

cheers,
Toddy.....who is not going to visit Florida

 

[ReamviThantos]

Hope they're gone by next year.

 

[Leiflet]

And I thought that I was badly having three days of Devon midge hell while working in some boggy woods this week. I looked like I had measles.

Shame those monsters can't last into winter. Could use them to pull sleds.

 

[Biker]

Do they come with a bomb rack and optional 6 pounder cannon? They look big enough to carry both.

Sheesh! So glad I live in Normandy and not Florida. You have my sympathies Santaman

 

[Bowlander]

They must come from very big maggots that you could fish with

Not even useful from that point I'm afraid! The larvae are waterborne and wouldn't take a hook.

Lets hope theres not a super race of klegs!

 

[Elen Sentier]

I keep thinking it'll be the little things that "do for" mankind, now they dont even look that little

right on! And I'll bet the price of Deet shares goes up

 

[Elen Sentier]

Do they come with a bomb rack and optional 6 pounder cannon? They look big enough to carry both.

Sheesh! So glad I live in Normandy and not Florida. You have my sympathies Santaman

Horrible thought, Biker Arrrggghhh !!! :aargh4::yikes::aargh4:

 

[Goatboy]

Lets hope theres not a super race of klegs!

You're not a 2000AD fan are you? KLEGGS

 

[blacktimberwolf]

So you have two choices, poison yourself with insecticide or get impaled........

 

[rik_uk3]

How long before Heston Blumenthal has them on his menu.

 

[santaman2000]

Do they come with a bomb rack and optional 6 pounder cannon? They look big enough to carry both.

Sheesh! So glad I live in Normandy and not Florida. You have my sympathies Santaman

Well there's the legend from WWII. Supposedly this (or possibly an even larger species) which inhabits Alaska landed on an Army base along the construction tout for the Alaska-Canada highway. Lehend has it that a groung crew pumped 60 gallons of avgas into it before realizing their mistake

 

[santaman2000]

Now there's a practical man
Get the blighters before they get us

cheers,
Toddy.....who is not going to visit Florida

Toddy i think you'd like this better; just change it to Mothers' day.

 

[Toddy]

You do know I'm allergic to fish ?.......and mozzie and cleg bites too

M

 

[santaman2000]

Sorry. I didn't remember the bit about your fish allergy. To be honest though, I don't really know what a cleg is.

 

[santaman2000]

Toddy, are you allergic to all fish? Or just sea fish?