Snake Fly

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>predatory insect is somehow supposed to not be able to bite
dumb or just retarded?

>>2412394

Dumb for sure, but I don't understand why I can't find a thing about them biting. I mean it was mostly harmless, but hurt like hell, worse than most ants and other common bitey bugs.

Every insect with a mouth can bite

>>2412395
That for sure wasn't a snakefly then, as all species are quite small and i'm very incredulous as to whether they could even break the skin. What size was it?

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Ten bucks it was an ant. You probably just misidentified.

Those things are dicks. I had one fly into my face and bite my cheek somehow before flying off.

>>2412752
Majority of ants cannot break skin. Had my habereri majors with fat jaws biting me unable to break skin. My acromyrmex leafcutters also cant break skin.

>>2412771
Then a sting mistaken for a bite. Snakeflies do not seem to be able to bite.

Whatever bit OP didn't break the skin. I looked him over and couldn't find any obvious marks, but the bug did look like a snake fly.

Norther cally, and he's my roommate.

>>2412723
>>2412771

OP never said anything about the bite breaking skin. Bites don't have to break the skin to hurt.

>>2412789
Ant bits are typically covering too small a surface area to effectively nip at the skin and give more of a ticklish sensation.

>>2412774
The snake fly does have a very similar appearance to a lot of ponerine species of ants which have very effective and painful stings. Would be a good bet but ponerine species are typically restricted to more tropical environments. Could be a very good shout out though.

surprise, surprise, insects are not very well understood

>go on animal board
>post about killing an animal