*annoys you*

>>2374290
*feeds you to mantis*

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>>2374290

I want to drive it to extinction

>>2374290
What are those little nodes under the wings? I've never noticed them before

>>2374375
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halteres

>>2374290
>tfw my parents always told me as a kid that these were male mosquitoes and you shouldn't kill them because they eat the females.

Took me a while to realize how nonsensical that was.

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>>2374290
Is it true that these things don't actually eat mosquitoes but rather nectar; and some species don't actually have any mouth parts?

>>2374377
Thank you

>>2374388
you're welcome

>>2374290
nah, they're never annoying

>>2374398
with their dried up corpse in some window or windowsill nook maybe

>>2374380
>>2374382
What the fuck
Males eat fruits and nectars and sugars
Females sting and eat blood because they need the protein for their eggs
They ARE mosquitoes

My dog eats them, including every other insect that finds its way inside.

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>implying i don't catch them and put them outside

I don't understand how crane flies got the reputation of eating mosquitoes, or even being predators. They're so fragile and useless, I feel bad for them. There's not even really studies on what the hell they eat since they don't tend to eat much, they just sort of bumble around for a few days to find a mate before they die.

>>2374507
No they don't.

>>2374382
Yes, some crane flies lack mouths because they only live a few days in their adult state.

>>2374398
One got into my car

These are easy to captive breed, not a bad feeder. You can feed them CB fruit flies.

>>2374507
They absolutely are mosquitoes
But they absolutely do not sting

>>2374380
What the fuck, I was told this too and to this day they still refuse to believe otherwise. Where did that retarded rumour come from?

>>2374645
The picture in the OP is called a crane fly. It's clearly a crane fly, don't talk about shit you don't know you fucking idiot
And get your damn eyes checked

I'm fucking sick of the cancerous summerfags talking out of their ass spreading disinformation. Look up crane fly, people. It's not a mosquito, it's an entirely different animal. Stop shitting up the board because you want to feel smart talking about something YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
It's idiotic and it makes me want to fucking kill you, to rid your cancer from this Earth.
And if you live in an area that has these, it's just plain damn ignorant to know nothing about them at all
Too busy being interested in your kike porn and jewish apple products and Starcucks coffee to care about nature

>>2374656
>It's idiotic and it makes me want to fucking kill you

seek therapy

>>2374663
>implying idiots should be a drain society and use natural resources
Kill yourself, literally.

>>2374668
Are you a nigger? You communicate like a nigger.

>>2374693
>retarded 'person' is also racist
what a surprise

>>2374696
>wants people to die for shitposting about insects
>complains about someone being mean to black people

Faggot.

>>2374702
I'm not the anon that wants you to die.

I personally think stupid people are the future.

really intelligent people tend to suffer from depression and other mental illnesses. They don't reproduce often and when they do their kids aren't necessarily really smart.

So retards like you are where it's at.
I just find it amusing that you're both stupid and tribalistic. The two go together every fucking time. This is why humanity will soon be extinct. If you're smart you kill yourself, if you're retarded you kill each other.

you just happen to be retarded.

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>>2374507

>>2374507
Nope. Mosquitoes are in family Culicidae, crane flies (most of them) are family Tipulidae. Both are suborder nematocera, which explains their similar appearances, but thats basically where the similarities stop.

>>2374715
the beauty of it is both "mosquito" and "crane fly" are common names so there's no factual basis for either claim.

"Mosquito" just means small fly in Spanish. Crane flies fit that description.

>>2374705
I think your fedora is a bit too tight, anon

>>2374736
for sure, you can't really be proud of your own stupidity unless you denigrate others' intelligence.

don't worry, anon- nobody will ever mistake you for fedora-wearing intelligentsia.

you're a fucking retard and everyone that meets you knows it.

>try to be nice to harmless insects
>one of these dumbfucks slips into my house
>beelines it for my head and slaps its stupid legs all over my face
50/50 chance I'm patient enough to put it out or just crush it in a tissue

>>2374650
I know what crane flies are bro
And they are giant derpy stingless mosquitoes

>>2374760
Just like midges and gnats
All the stuff before Brachycera anyways, it's all mosquitoes
But mosquitoes be all like "We're the onyl real mosquitoes"
Whatever man. Giant derpy stingless mosquitoes

>>2374738
underage

>>2374645
Crane Fly.
https://entomologytoday.org/tag/crane-flies/

>>2374656
Duuuude. It isn't like he's wrong about a Pteronarcys or a Hexagenia.
It'll be okay. Have a chocolate covered Corydalinae larva.

>>2374756
Someone either needs to draw this or animate it. The crane fly has to be portrayed as blissfully ignorant or just straight up retarded.

>Brachycera
Crane flies and mosquitos aren't even in the same families
Their only similarity is that both cane flies and mosquitos are both in the order of True Flies
But crane flies aren't mosquitos

>>2374702
>wants people to die for shitposting about insects

Don't know why but that made me laugh pretty hard. Just the phrasing of it. Thanks anon, needed that.

I saw a couple of these mating yesterday.
They literally mate ASSSSS-TO-ASSSSSS

Brown recluse

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>>2374290
>*annoys you*
Wrong image

>>2374760
>/an/ in charge of knowing about animals

>>2374290
They are easy to deal with catch them mid air you oussy

>>2376534
This man gets it... these little fks have taken over my aquarium filter for the past couple years, and if I dont regularly clean it out, they eventually escape into the house...

50% of all humans that have ever lived died from malaria. And when we finally found a way to kill those little shits it turned out the method was killing us as well.

Mosquitoes are our greatest foe.

>>2376958
>using a non biological filter
>he doesn't run a secondary tank full of hardy plants to act as his filter
>he doesn't put guppies in said secondary tank to smash any insect larvae that might hatch there
>he doesn't allow said guppies to create a colony of inbred hicks that can double as EZ feeder fish for carnivorous fishes.

>>2376972
I very highly doubt your statistics there buddy

>>2377052
>tfw my gups got smashed by dragonfly larvae

>>2374290
Can we please drive these assholes to extinction already? Would anyone miss them? What do they provide for the environment? I can't imagine anything vital.

>>2376489
https://youtu.be/KQoJo81lujk

>>2377065
How the fuck do you get dragonflies in your home

Crane flies scare me.
They are basically the equivalent of flying spiders to me.

>>2374511
No animal species is useless, anon.