Re: bug question

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] bug question
• From: J* B* <s*@flash.net>
• Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 07:19:47 -0700 (PDT)
• In-reply-to: <76d62bc090644c66890a1929322addd8.gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>

my kids call them "floppy mosquitos" because of the way they fly. I've
heard them called mosquito eaters too, but just can't picture it. But
they DO bite. I know that for a fact. I caught one to put outside once
and the darn thing stung me.

 


<gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
They're called mosquito hawks here and I'd like to know that too!

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: David Franzman
Sent: 5/27/2004 12:30:00 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] bug question

> I have what is conceivably a dumb question about a very common insect. We
> call them squito eaters. Do they really eat mosquitoes and if so how the heck
> can they catch one? They seem to be the worlds worst flyers and look as if
> they are hovering over walls trying to catch something that has landed on the
> walls. Can anybody tell me what is the story on these guys?
> 
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