There's one of those gigantic mosquitos in my room.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

Lucy Pretty Kitteh has been stalking it for hours.

She's having the time of her life! :rofl:

[hailhydra]

1. It's probably a crane fly...

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

I always thought they were huge mosquitos too. They seem harmless enough although they're kinda gross when you walk your dog and a million fly out of a dewy yard. :scared:

[bluesbassman]

2. Be careful, I was in the jungle, the bush, we called it...

for approximately nine months, it was unbelievable. I saw things...They have tsetse flies down there the size of eagles. Really. In the evening, I would stand in front of my hut and watch in horror as these giant flies would pick children off the ground and carry them away. Oh, it was an incredible sight. Peasants screaming...chasing these flies down the road, waving brooms. You can imagine the pathetic quality of this. Waving these crudely fashioned brooms at these enormous flies... as they carried their children off to almost certain death. Natives had a name for them. "José Grecos de Muertos." "Flamenco dancers of death." The enormous flies flapping slowly away into the sunset. Small brown babies clutched in their beaks. A sight I'll never forget. I was stunned. Appalled.

You might be asking: What did you do? What did I do? Sadly, there is very little you can do because of the tremendous red tape in the bush. Enormous red tape, my friend. These flies, for example. They're protected against pilferage under the provisions of the Guacamole Act of 1937.

:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhfFwLewgmc

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. I had no idea.

No wonder Lucy has such a wild look in her eye- that Guacamole Act is ROUGH! :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Let's hope she won't launch an attack using you as the launch pad!

:rofl:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

5. She's been using my chest as her launch pad since I got her.

Dat's nuttun' new at all.

[MilesColtrane]

6. We call them Mosquito Hawks down here.

It's kind of sad, but once they reach that stage in their development, they don't eat. Their only purpose is to mate and die.

[suninvited]

7. we call them mosquito eaters

I have always thought they really do eat mosquitos, but I could be wrong. I leave them alone, just in case.

on edit: just learned from the link above that they do NOT eat mosquitos. sigh.

[Arugula Latte]

10. I was under the same delusion.

:cry:

[driver8]

8. It's probably a May Fly-- they are harmless...they don't even have mouths!!

They only live for 24 hours, so I never bother them when I see them.

[NV Whino]

9. May flies are a different critter

Although kitties don't discriminate.