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Here we have two sizes of skeeters; one is so small it can go through the holes in a screen door. The other is big enough to just open the door and come on in.

 

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In Texas, skeeters are so big they fly in squadrons and most have thier own airfields. Most times you can here them coming in while they are still above 5,000 feet. icon_biggrin.gif

 

inceptor

North Texas Geocaching Association

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In Texas, skeeters are so big they fly in squadrons and most have thier own airfields. Most times you can here them coming in while they are still above 5,000 feet. icon_biggrin.gif

 

inceptor

North Texas Geocaching Association

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as it is the darn blasted little buffalo gnats. Those !&^$# littel critters are rough in the river bottoms.

 

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The eastern parts of NC have thier share of skeeters, too. Harkers Island has some the size of a medium seagull. The locals joke that the darn things are so big, that the skeeters have ticks!

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The eastern parts of NC have thier share of skeeters, too. Harkers Island has some the size of a medium seagull. The locals joke that the darn things are so big, that the skeeters have ticks!

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Just finished reading a book by a Jerome Goddard called 'The Well of Destiny' about a mosquito borne encephalitis outbreak in Mississippi with not-so-innocent origins. It focuses around the Mississippi State Dept. of Health's investigation of the outbreak. This especially appealed to me since I work for the Dept. of Health (as does the author) and I recognized several of the characters in the book. None of the skeeters in the book carried off or swallowed or mated with gators but they were some mean little critters

 

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quote:
Originally posted by geovamp:

Those are not mosquitos you have been seeing they a mini vampire bats icon_razz.gif


 

That's actually what I wrote in this log: Walk on the WiLd Side

 

Basically, I think all the vampire writers got it all wrong. There are no such things as vampire bats. They are all really just Texas Mosquitos!

 

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wavey.gif Go! And don't be afraid to get a little wet!

 

[This message was edited by VentureForth on July 25, 2002 at 11:42 AM.]

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quote:
Originally posted by geovamp:

Those are not mosquitos you have been seeing they a mini vampire bats icon_razz.gif


 

That's actually what I wrote in this log: Walk on the WiLd Side

 

Basically, I think all the vampire writers got it all wrong. There are no such things as vampire bats. They are all really just Texas Mosquitos!

 

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wavey.gif Go! And don't be afraid to get a little wet!

 

[This message was edited by VentureForth on July 25, 2002 at 11:42 AM.]

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I was in south Texas last weekend, and did have a mosquito of that size land on my arm. Not as big as some of our Florida skeeters, but it was certainly a lot more colorful - I don't think I've ever seen one with a partially green body.

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Well, I guess I can't outdo the Alaskan mosquito, but here in Arkansas they are occasionally mistakenly shot by duck hunters from out of state. Hence the local name "skeets"

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In SW Florida we have our own Airforce to control the NUMBER of skeeter. I do belive they also trane most other skeeter control forces for the nation

 

Now if I can only find that rock I dropped into the shag carpet.

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