Misquito Eaters

[ou_guy]

You know those gigantic four-legged freaks that fly in your face and swoop about like drunken B-52 bombers? On the West Coast, they’re referred to as “Mosquito Eaters,” in other areas, “Mosquito Hawks.” In reality these things are called crane flies, and no, they do not eat mosquitoes. In fact, adult crane flies don’t eat at all. They mature only to reproduce and die quickly thereafter. The grubs feed on decaying plant life in the soil. Crane flies carry no venom, and do not bite. Because they don’t eat, they can’t do anything dazzling enough to be considered a pest; except of course in the sense of annoyance. And seeing as summer is the season of this winged nuisance, they should be polluting your home in no time, if they haven’t already.
I for one hate crane flies. I wish they would vanish from the earth. I can’t sleep knowing one is dancing about my room, as I anticipate that it will fly into my mouth at any given moment. The only real purpose they seem to serve is as a food source for certain species of birds. Go figure.

http://synthesis.net/2008/04/14/crane-flies-mosquito-eaters-that-dont-eat-mosquitoes/

Found this here...comments are hilarious

 

[steaktartar]

i wish they ate mosquitoes......hate those fuckers

 

[BAGIANT]

I get those all over my house this time of year.

 

[GoSooners]

They are especially bothersome this year because of the mild winter. I can't keep the damn things out of the house.

 

[SoonerNation]

me neither, they are everywhere, house, yard...work...

 

[Kev]

Dude,

I wish you wouldn't have posted this. I'm SO depressed.

First, when I was 8 or so, my sister tells me that Mom and Dad were Santa Claus.

I then handicapped this thought and quickly realized that the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy weren't real.

Now this. I let these fkn things have free reign in my single wide because I kind of viewed them as a positive to the world. Heck, I even felt guilty when I see them dead on the window sill.

I'm really at a loss for words.

What next? Chris Berman's Sunday football lines are scripted and he's really part of the NY Symphony?

Latrell Sprewell is a monk?

Meals on wheels is a multi level marketing scam to penetrate old people's houses to steal change out of their change jars?

PLEASE.... P-L-E-A-S-E do not make anymore posts spoiling the innocence of life. I just can't take it anymore!

P.S. I'd write more, but I just heard the wife go into REM sleep (snoring) and I've got about a 20 minute window to sneak into her purse to grab enough for a 2 dollar 10 team parlay tomorrow.