"William Wixon" wrote in message
...

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Dragonflies lay their eggs in streams. Helglamites (evil looking things)
are baby dragonflies.


i didn't know that! i had to look it up, found this...

http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg121.html

b.w.


this guy is saying dragonflies lay their eggs in still waters.
http://www.kenwildman.com/insects.htm

short video of a dragonfly larvae. jeez, reminds me of the movie "alien".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGPMzmgiS6k

this is nice, dragonfly nymph eating mosquito larvae.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miFN2o3woSw

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:18:27 -0400, Wes wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Harboring dragonflies could get you in a lot of trouble down there.
Mosquitoes are Florida's state bird.

Ah. Thanks, Ed, that explains a lot.grin! I lived in Sarasota for
most of a five year stretch, and I recall the locals as being slow,
fat, and prone to =sploosh= (messily) when swatted with a towel.
They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.

I was out in the garage er shop tonight moving things out of the
way so I can insulate the room I'm making in there for the lathe
and mill. I left when mosquitoes that would barely fit in a 1.25"
dia sphere showed up. Damn, never saw them that big before.
Normally they are 1/2" inchers.

Wes,

For the sake of mammals everywhere I sincerely hope that what you
saw were non-blood-sucking Crane Flies ("mosquito hawks") and not
mosquitoes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
http://www.a-mosquito.com/mosquito-hawk.php


Frank McKenney
--
I have come to believe, not in fate, but in forks in the road,
choices we make with no knowledge of the outcome. You step off
the curb in one direction, you get run over. You step off in the
other direction and and you meet someone who changes your life.
-- Baxter Black / Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride?
--
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
Munged E-mail: frank uscore mckenney ayut mined spring dawt cahm (y'all)

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:38:12 -0500, Frnak McKenney
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:18:27 -0400, Wes wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Harboring dragonflies could get you in a lot of trouble down there.
Mosquitoes are Florida's state bird.

Ah. Thanks, Ed, that explains a lot.grin! I lived in Sarasota for
most of a five year stretch, and I recall the locals as being slow,
fat, and prone to =sploosh= (messily) when swatted with a towel.
They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.

Still talking about mosquitoes, right?

Frnak McKenney fired this volley
in m:

They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.


The Buzz is due to mass and wing area. They're most of an inch long,
and let out with a satisfying "crunch" when you smack 'em.

The 'skeeters we had around Alexandria look like dwarfed miniatures
compared to the Malaysian Tiger Mosquitoes we have here in da Sayouth.

LLoyd

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:52:27 -0400, the infamous Spehro Pefhany
scrawled the following:

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:38:12 -0500, Frnak McKenney
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:18:27 -0400, Wes wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Harboring dragonflies could get you in a lot of trouble down there.
Mosquitoes are Florida's state bird.

Ah. Thanks, Ed, that explains a lot.grin! I lived in Sarasota for
most of a five year stretch, and I recall the locals as being slow,
fat, and prone to =sploosh= (messily) when swatted with a towel.
They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.

Still talking about mosquitoes, right?

Darn! I'd hoped it was Democrats he was referring to.

--
The doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect
can only advise his client to plant vines.
--FLW

"Calif Bill" wrote:

My problem is I want to kill millions not
thousands.


I think most of us want to commit mosquito genocide. After all, they bit first.

Wes

"Wes" wrote in message
...
"Calif Bill" wrote:

My problem is I want to kill millions not
thousands.


I think most of us want to commit mosquito genocide. After all, they bit
first.

Wes

True. But I did not make the statement you reference.

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:52:27 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:38:12 -0500, Frnak McKenney
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:18:27 -0400, Wes wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Harboring dragonflies could get you in a lot of trouble down there.
Mosquitoes are Florida's state bird.

Ah. Thanks, Ed, that explains a lot.grin! I lived in Sarasota for
most of a five year stretch, and I recall the locals as being slow,
fat, and prone to =sploosh= (messily) when swatted with a towel.
They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.

Still talking about mosquitoes, right?

Yeah. Most of the local _citizens_ didn't move all that fast, either,
but I don't think they'd =sploosh= very well. =Growl=, maybe, or
=roar=, but not =sploosh=. grin!


Frank
--
The world is divided into two groups of people: Those to whom
"No user serviceable parts inside" is a warning, and those to
whom it is an open challenge and provocation!
--
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
Munged E-mail: frank uscore mckenney ayut mined spring dawt cahm (y'all)

"Frnak McKenney" wrote in message
m...
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:52:27 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:38:12 -0500, Frnak McKenney
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:18:27 -0400, Wes wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Harboring dragonflies could get you in a lot of trouble down there.
Mosquitoes are Florida's state bird.

Ah. Thanks, Ed, that explains a lot.grin! I lived in Sarasota for
most of a five year stretch, and I recall the locals as being slow,
fat, and prone to =sploosh= (messily) when swatted with a towel.
They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.

Still talking about mosquitoes, right?

Yeah. Most of the local _citizens_ didn't move all that fast, either,
but I don't think they'd =sploosh= very well. =Growl=, maybe, or
=roar=, but not =sploosh=. grin!


Frank

A few miles south of here, in south Jersey, they have the twin-engined
variety. They're hard to kill; they still fly pretty well with just one
engine.

--
Ed Huntress

"Wes" wrote in message
...
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Harboring dragonflies could get you in a lot of trouble down there.
Mosquitoes are Florida's state bird.

I was out in the garage er shop tonight moving things out of the way so I
can insulate the
room I'm making in there for the lathe and mill. I left when mosquitoes
that would barely
fit in a 1.25" dia sphere showed up. Damn, never saw them that big
before. Normally they
are 1/2" inchers.

Wes

It could be they're a non-biting relative that we call "Jersey Skeeters."
They look just like a real mosquito except that they're about 1-1/2 or even
2 inches across the legs, when they've landed on a wall.

The first time someone from out-of-state sees one their eyes open as big as
saucers. If those things drank blood, one bite could throw you into shock.

--
Ed Huntress

"Frnak McKenney" wrote in message
m...
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:18:27 -0400, Wes wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Harboring dragonflies could get you in a lot of trouble down there.
Mosquitoes are Florida's state bird.

Ah. Thanks, Ed, that explains a lot.grin! I lived in Sarasota for
most of a five year stretch, and I recall the locals as being slow,
fat, and prone to =sploosh= (messily) when swatted with a towel.
They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.

I was out in the garage er shop tonight moving things out of the
way so I can insulate the room I'm making in there for the lathe
and mill. I left when mosquitoes that would barely fit in a 1.25"
dia sphere showed up. Damn, never saw them that big before.
Normally they are 1/2" inchers.

Wes,

For the sake of mammals everywhere I sincerely hope that what you
saw were non-blood-sucking Crane Flies ("mosquito hawks") and not
mosquitoes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
http://www.a-mosquito.com/mosquito-hawk.php


Frank McKenney

I think it's a variety of crane fly that we call the "jersey skeeter." It's
a skinny one, but otherwise it looks like the standard variety.

--
Ed Huntress

Frnak McKenney wrote:

For the sake of mammals everywhere I sincerely hope that what you
saw were non-blood-sucking Crane Flies ("mosquito hawks") and not
mosquitoes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
http://www.a-mosquito.com/mosquito-hawk.php


Interesting. I haven't seen the monsters since but I have my digicam at the ready in case
they come back.
Wes

Gerald Miller wrote:

Wouldn't it be great to have built in memory modules connected to our
eyes? See something and think CAPTURE IMMAGE!


As long as it didn't misfire and capture those things you never
wanted to see, in the first place.


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!

"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" wrote:

Frnak McKenney fired this volley
in m:

They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.


The Buzz is due to mass and wing area. They're most of an inch long,
and let out with a satisfying "crunch" when you smack 'em.

The 'skeeters we had around Alexandria look like dwarfed miniatures
compared to the Malaysian Tiger Mosquitoes we have here in da Sayouth.


You can't claim that they are big, just because they have FAA
registration numbers...


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:04:03 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" wrote:

Frnak McKenney fired this volley
in m:

They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.


The Buzz is due to mass and wing area. They're most of an inch long,
and let out with a satisfying "crunch" when you smack 'em.

The 'skeeters we had around Alexandria look like dwarfed miniatures
compared to the Malaysian Tiger Mosquitoes we have here in da Sayouth.


You can't claim that they are big, just because they have FAA
registration numbers...

The hot little suckers out of the salt marsh along the gulf coast
bother me a lot more than the big, slow inland types.

Pete Keillor

Pete Keillor wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:04:03 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" wrote:

Frnak McKenney fired this volley
in m:

They also seem to _buzz_ rather than whine, unlike our native
Viriginia species.


The Buzz is due to mass and wing area. They're most of an inch long,
and let out with a satisfying "crunch" when you smack 'em.

The 'skeeters we had around Alexandria look like dwarfed miniatures
compared to the Malaysian Tiger Mosquitoes we have here in da Sayouth.


You can't claim that they are big, just because they have FAA
registration numbers...

The hot little suckers out of the salt marsh along the gulf coast
bother me a lot more than the big, slow inland types.


The big ones might be slow, but they are very thirsty.


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!

Gerald Miller wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:59:33 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Gerald Miller wrote:

Wouldn't it be great to have built in memory modules connected to our
eyes? See something and think CAPTURE IMMAGE!


As long as it didn't misfire and capture those things you never
wanted to see, in the first place.
Yeah, like the person I ran into Saturday afternoon. Last time I saw
her, 25+ years ago, she was wearing a skimpy sun dress and my comment
at the time was "that's enough to drive a dog from the gut wagon!"
Poke my eye out with a sharp image!


I hope you didn't say that out loud, or she might have obliged you.



--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!