Monster Mosquitos Poised To Hit Florida This Summer

[SeaBreeze]

Monster mosquitos are predicted to hit Florida this summer. As opposed to regular mosquitos, they are twenty times bigger, and feed day and night. They say their sting is equivalent to the feeling of being stabbed. http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/20...ster-mosquitoes-poised-to-strike-florida?lite

 

[rkunsaw]

Another good reason to stay away from Florida.

 

[SifuPhil]

Sheesh! It seems the Tao is trying to tell me something ... well, I didn't get my writing contract so I don't think I'll be getting down there before they figure out how to deal with those giants.

... probably with flame-throwers. nthego:

 

[SeaBreeze]

I know from experience, that mosquitos favor women over men...so there's hope for you.

 

[SifuPhil]

I know from experience, that mosquitos favor women over men...so there's hope for you.

With the way MY luck is going lately, they'll probably turn out to be giant GAY mosquitos ...

 

[Pricklypear]

Well, I hope those things stay in Florida. Mosquitoes love me. I thought I'd gotten away from them when I moved to the desert many years ago, then I planted a garden. Oh well.

 

[That Guy]

Florida (among other things) needs more BATS!

 

[R. Zimm]

I have seen those from time to time over the years but they fly very slow so they are easy to swat away.

 

[Steve]

How about the "Black Flies" ???

Here up north, the black flies are so big they can actually pick you up and carry you away as they eat you up alive.......

Some of the local diners have a "black fly stir fry" on the menu.......
It consists of black flies along with the human flesh they have already eaten.. PROTEIN !!!!

 

[pchinvegas]

Mosquitos and Palmetto bugs the size of Collie Dawgs, yep, Florida has em ! I usually spent the first 6 weeks of spring in Florida and the birds, every day it sounds like there are millions of them, where ever you go. I found a place where there are no mosquitoes to speak of, no gnats, fleas,ticks. only bug I see other than an occasional fly is ants and not many of them. Love it !

 

[SifuPhil]

How about the "Black Flies" ???

Here up north, the black flies are so big they can actually pick you up and carry you away as they eat you up alive.......

Some of the local diners have a "black fly stir fry" on the menu.......
It consists of black flies along with the human flesh they have already eaten.. PROTEIN !!!!

I remember being in New Hampshire as a kid. I almost became a forerunner of Balloon Boy - I SWORE those buggers were going to carry me away - they were HUGE!

 

[That Guy]

As a kid living in the South Pacific, the Navy would drive around the island periodically spraying for mosquitos. Probably DDT in those "daze". We would gleefully follow; riding our bikes in the fog! Many years later, in Vietnam, found myself COVERED in mosquitos. I mean COVERED! But, for some strange reason, they weren't biting and I didn't contract malaria. Whew. That angel over my shoulder has been busy . . .