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    Invasion of the Gallinippers - FL Hangers Get Ready!

    These quarter-sized beasts look ferocious, and are twenty times the size of your typical Florida mosquito.


    Better make sure you got no rips in the bugnet!

    http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/201...e-florida?lite

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    I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !

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    Yaaaay!


    I mean, really? Weren't the ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes, noseeums, cicadas (yes, on their 13-year high, they bite), banana spiders, wolf spiders, black widows, brown recluse, scorpions, horseflies, and snowbirds enough?

    Crud...
    "Just prepare what you can and enjoy the rest."
    --Floridahanger

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    Invasion of the Gallinippers - FL Hangers Get Ready!

    Just one more reason that I don't venture outdoors during summer here in Florida! :angry:
    Mike
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    I think around here, we throw those back and let them grow...

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    Don't think I'll be seeing those monsters here in Utah!

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    I didn't know that mosquitoes could become possessed. I mean I always suspected being demonic spawn or something, but good gracious!
    -Jeremy "Brother Bones"
    Quote Originally Posted by FLRider View Post
    ...he's a mountain goat crossed with a marathoner.

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    You call that a mosquito? Heck, I've seen mosquitos so big in Northern Ontario they would chase birds. One day I saw three of them gang up on a robin that barely got away by flying into a birdhouse. Luckily the "door" was too small for the mosquitos to get in!

    Jungle Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jungle Jim View Post
    You call that a mosquito? Heck, I've seen mosquitos so big in Northern Ontario they would chase birds. One day I saw three of them gang up on a robin that barely got away by flying into a birdhouse. Luckily the "door" was too small for the mosquitos to get in!

    Jungle Jim
    After reading that, I don't no whether to laugh or cry.
    -Jeremy "Brother Bones"
    Quote Originally Posted by FLRider View Post
    ...he's a mountain goat crossed with a marathoner.

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    I bet that wrapped in bacon and tossed on the grill they would be pretty filling and the bacon would hid any off flavor. Better use a 12 ga though 22 cal probably won't stop 'em.
    Most of us end up poorer here but richer for being here. Olddog, Fulltime hammocker, 365 nights a year.

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