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Mar 15, 2019 13:40:46   #
Ayesart
 
Sony CyberShot

Size of bug, 1 1/2 inch!





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Mar 15, 2019 14:07:25   #
Silversleuth Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
 
We call them Mosquito Hawks. No clue about scientific name.

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Mar 15, 2019 14:07:25   #
Silversleuth Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
 
We call them Mosquito Hawks. No clue about scientific name.

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Mar 15, 2019 14:32:25   #
Fred Harwood Loc: Sheffield, Mass.
 
Perhaps a crane fly?

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Mar 15, 2019 14:34:20   #
TBerwick Loc: Houston, Texas
 
Silversleuth wrote:
We call them Mosquito Hawks. No clue about scientific name.


Ditto

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Mar 15, 2019 15:45:45   #
pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA
 
TBerwick wrote:
Ditto


Interesting. We call them mosquito lions. Same critter I guess.

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Mar 16, 2019 06:35:27   #
Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida
 
Fred Harwood wrote:
Perhaps a crane fly?



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Mar 16, 2019 08:12:46   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
Some folks around here call them gallonippers (sp?).

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Mar 16, 2019 08:19:27   #
Vantheman
 
This is a crane fly. They are totally harmless but a nuisance in the spring here in East Texas.
This answer is from someone who spent 24 1/2 years with Terminix.

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Mar 16, 2019 09:56:32   #
Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC
 
Silversleuth wrote:
We call them Mosquito Hawks. No clue about scientific name.



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Mar 16, 2019 20:36:04   #
samonk Loc: Alabama
 
We call those Mosquito Hawks in my neck of the woods.

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Mar 16, 2019 20:50:19   #
turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield
 
Fred Harwood wrote:
Perhaps a crane fly?



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Mar 23, 2019 21:25:00   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
Crane flies look like mosquitoes, and they are related to them although they belong to a different family of insect. Crane fly adults don't suck blood or anything like that. Completely harmless.

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