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What Bug is This? #7670136
09/12/22 08:40 PM
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Eh...wot?

Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670171
09/12/22 09:07 PM
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We always called them Mosquito Hawks

Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670173
09/12/22 09:11 PM
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Crane fly or Tupulidae

Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670175
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some of the species can come out from under a foot of snow and fly at 12f or -10c
life cycle is usually in decaying organic

Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670201
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Thanks!


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Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670362
09/13/22 05:21 AM
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how big is that thing ?

Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670435
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Just a Texas coastal mosquito wink

Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670442
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Originally Posted by Trapper Dahlgren
how big is that thing ?



About four inches across the legs, body about an inch and a half.


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Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670721
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It's a member of the Squish Me Bug family!


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Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670722
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It's a big family around these parts!


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Re: What Bug is This? [Re: Lugnut] #7670849
09/13/22 07:49 PM
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Piney va. soon be 19
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