Information and discussion regarding garden diseases, insects and other unwelcome critters.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Frisco Texas
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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Looks like a mosquito to me!
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BANNED FOR LIFE
Join Date: May 2014
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It does to me too https://www.google.com/search?q=mosq...=1494709199360
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Maybe a male one.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Kennewick, WA (7a)
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Crane fly?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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Could be a winter crane fly! We get swarms of them here, they're a bit bigger than the local mosquitoes and have sort of bizarre dance parties where they fly up and down, up and down in a swarm. Glad they don't bite.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Here's an even better page about Crane Flies - we have a bunch of different species here and evidently, there are lots of kinds all around, including Texas!
http://uwm.edu/field-station/crane-fly-redux/ Check out the Eastern Crane Fly, we have that one too and it's much bigger than a skeeter and just amazing looking. ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Frisco Texas
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Yup... mosquito. I found 2 of them sucking on my legs when I walked out of my tomato patch and they're multiplying fast. Tomatos dont care but these blood suckers are eating me alive
I picked up 2 citronella plants and set them right next to my tomatos |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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Ah, bloodsuckin. The ultimate mosquito test.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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I think it's a Mayfly. They look like giant mosquitos, but they don't bite. The adult phase life span is only about a day or two. They are sometimes called dayflies.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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I dont see a proboscis.
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