Getting Bigger and Bigger
 

They are! The mosquitoes are getting bigger and bigger with each passing year. I know in some states these things are bigger than the ones in Ohio but this is the first time I've seen one THIS big in my area



if I had enough hands i'd so take a tape measure to that booger and take a pic...

when I was little, these things weren't this big D8 stop growing!!! starting to look like the bugs from Jumanji Dx

That's not a mosquito. That's a crane fly, which commonly gets CONFUSED for a giant mosquito, but they eat plants instead of being animal parasites.

I know they are harmless but they always freak me out when they come flying in my house XD

OAO not a mosquito? -stares at it even more- its still on mah screen

Nope! Not a mosquito! Completely harmless, unless you're green.

AAAHHHH put that under a spoiler tag aaaahhh
-runs around in circles-
I dislike all fly/mosquito lookalikes because I'm terrified of aedes aegypti and getting zika or other diseases :(

-puts it in a spoil tag- o3o better?

@Coda: MAH ALOE IS IN DANGER D8 that's what its after isn't it! >:o

That's not impossible. I don't know exactly WHAT kinds of plants crane flies eat.

/sobbing less
Thank you Demonskid ;__;
Also I've been bitten recently and I'm mildly freaking out. Hoping it's not zika.

It's EXCEEDINGLY unlikely. Zika has only just entered the US -- there are only 43 reported cases across the entire country of 320 million people. Unless you live in the very southernmost tip of Florida or on one of the non-state island territories, mosquito-borne Zika is essentially NOT going to happen to you.

Honestly, Zika paranoia is doing more damage to people than Zika itself.

Coda... I live in Brazil xD So it's more likely than it is for you guys :(((((

Oh. I didn't know that. ^^() I'm sorry!

Yes, if you live in Brazil, that does very much change the situation. :(

-glances at wrist-

Welp, I just got bit by /something/.

I hope you didn't catch anything mdom! D8

-stares at espy- o3o you'll be fine yes..

I like crane flies, I remember them being our camper a lot when I was a kid. Not sure if I'm right, but I recall that they made a dull sort of "clack" noise at times, not unlike a dragon-fly but not so sharp. They are a little wiggy though if you try to hold on to them.