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Mega mosquito could invade Florida this summer
www.myfoxorlando.com ^
| 03-08-2013
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Posted on 03/08/2013 10:59:40 AM PST by Red Badger
Edited on 03/08/2013 12:32:05 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator.
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Mosquitoes 20 times the size of normal mosquitoes could invade Florida this summer, experts say.
The female galinipper (Psorophora ciliata), a very large mosquito with hairy legs, feeds day and night and are common in Florida.
But major tropical events such as Tropical Storm Debby awakened the dormant galinipper eggs, and scientists are expecting a boom in the next few months.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: animals; insects; mosquito
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:01:07 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Red Badger
And it caused by...(wait for it).... GLOBULL WARMING!
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:01:20 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(There is no requirement to show need in order to exercise your rights.)
To: Red Badger
Well I think we’ve found a use for domestic drones.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:02:31 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Red Badger
Giant bloodsucking parasites that threaten our lives and our health? They've been on CNN for years.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:03:31 AM PST
by
Pollster1
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:05:57 AM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Red Badger
“But major tropical events such as Tropical Storm Debby awakened the dormant galinipper eggs”
Yeah, we’ve never had a Tropical Storm in FLA before, this is the first time in history. /sarc/
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:06:25 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
To: Red Badger
Ain't skeer'd. Bring it...
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:08:23 AM PST
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: Red Badger
Nasty thing. It’s big enough to actually kill birds and pets. In sufficient numbers it could probably kill anything in Florida.
To: PowderMonkey
Hold still......there’s on on your head..............
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:12:00 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: chessplayer
....and tote off small dogs..........
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:12:42 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:32:08 AM PST
by
mc5cents
To: Red Badger
Can they be trained to attack registered Democrats, child molesters, muzzies and other assorted vile?
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:38:30 AM PST
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: Red Badger
Can they be trained to attack registered Democrats, child molesters, muzzies and other assorted vile?
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:38:30 AM PST
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: Red Badger
We are doomed! Ping!
Nobody is on this ping because of the high traffic caused by the rating starved MSM.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:38:46 AM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(Forget Mexico. Put the border fence around California.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:41:12 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Progressive, Marxist liberals do not evolve, they morph into fascists.)
To: PowderMonkey
Although I like your solution, tennis racquets work equally well and do not attract the attention of Law Enforcement.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:46:41 AM PST
by
elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: PowderMonkey
Least you can see these. Those tiny ones that carry West Nile are almost invisible.
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posted on
03/08/2013 12:12:48 PM PST
by
WCH
To: Red Badger
What's needed is the introduction of a large predator that would clean out the mosquito population.....
.....and everything else.
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posted on
03/08/2013 12:23:16 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: Red Badger
The biggest and baddest mosquitoes I’ve ever seen were in the woods of Minnesota. Hellacious.
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posted on
03/08/2013 12:34:43 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
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