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Mega mosquitoes arrive in Central Florida
Clickorlando.com ^
| June 7, 2013
| staff
Posted on 06/09/2013 5:44:01 PM PDT by driftdiver
Gallinippers, which are 20 times the size of a typical mosquito and pack a painful bite, have been spotted in Seminole County, according to officials.
Entomologists at the University of Florida predicted earlier this year that the mega mosquitoes, about the size of a quarter, would invade the Sunshine State in 2013, a year after being spotted in Florida following drenching rains from Tropical Storm Debbie.
Kelly Deutsch, the director of Seminole County Mosquito Control, said gallinippers, officially known as psorophora ciliate, are treated the same as any other species. Deutsch said recent rains, including the dousing from Tropical Storm Andrea earlier this week, will likely cause a spike in all mosquitoes.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: florida
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We've seen these in our back yard.
To: driftdiver
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:44:35 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
At least they aren’t vampire moths.
Yes, such a hideous creature does exist.
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:44:42 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
To: driftdiver
Interesting. I saw one in my house the other day and was wondering what it was. Thought it looked like a mosquito but was too big.
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:50:01 PM PDT
by
Humbug
To: driftdiver
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:50:47 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: driftdiver
Maybe it will fight it out with the big Florida cockroaches?
To: driftdiver
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:54:10 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: thingumbob; amzgirl; 75thOVI; Ravenstar; June2; LuvFreeRepublic; AdvisorB; 88keys; Matchett-PI; ...
Brevard County, Florida ping.
Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:54:29 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: driftdiver
Nothing compared to what we used to see in Goose Bay Labrador. One landed on the taxiway and the ground crew pumped 200 gallons of JP4 into it before realizing it wasn’t a jet.
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:56:37 PM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
To: driftdiver
A mosquito that’s not that much smaller than a cranefly. Yikes.
}:-)4
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:56:41 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(SHALL. NOT. BE. INFRINGED.)
To: Proud2BeRight
Maybe it will fight it out with the big Florida cockroaches?
The cockroaches are too busy throwin' down with the geckos...
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posted on
06/09/2013 5:57:54 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: driftdiver
To: Ben Mugged
The amethyst pits near Thunder Bay. Pull in, shut off the car. Sounds like it's still running...
To: driftdiver
Hmmm. Maybe I’ll just leave that bigass bullfrog in my pool.
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posted on
06/09/2013 6:00:57 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Obama's Enemies List - Yes, you are a crook.)
To: driftdiver
btw - the cicadas have finally emerged here in PA and NJ
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posted on
06/09/2013 6:01:27 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: driftdiver
"Mega Mosquitoes. You must have read my mind."
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posted on
06/09/2013 6:06:27 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: P.O.E.
the cicadas have finally emerged here in PA and NJSpeak louder. I can't hear you.
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posted on
06/09/2013 6:07:51 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: driftdiver
Dang! Looks like they could stand flat footed and rape a chicken.
To: driftdiver
Is that (on left) a MALE or FEMALE ?
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posted on
06/09/2013 6:09:02 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: driftdiver
That’s nothing! Here in Jersey the damn things are so big they have landing lights! But seriously, what I want to know is what happened to all the ‘’Lightning bugs’’?(Lampyridae Coleoptera). Used to be clouds of the things at this time of year when I was a kid. Now you don’t see one.
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posted on
06/09/2013 6:09:26 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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