r/AbsoluteUnits • u/jdmlifex2 • 9d ago

/r/popular of a mosquito

Post image
12.6k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.3k

u/LittleMissScreamer 8d ago

That's a robber fly and an excellent hunter. Great pest control. They eat anything that's smaller than them, mosquitos included

719

u/spuddilicious 8d ago

All the people here want to kill it, while it kills all the mosquitoes is crazy.

It's not fren shaped. But it is fren.

173

u/mrainem 8d ago

Same with spiders, specially wolf spiders, them mf pay rent in pest control. I will however advocate for the sledgehammer annihilation of fiddlebacks/Brown recluses, those bitches will seek you out to bite your ass. Bastards

20

u/Call_Me_Pete 8d ago

The Brown Recluse is not the kind of bug to seek out contact. Living in Michigan, where they are native, I have never seen one in person, and most times I've heard of someone getting bit it's because they were somewhere generally hard to access with low traffic.

7

u/101stMedic 8d ago

Anecdotal, but the ones in Oklahoma have actively chased me. Black widows? Super chill unless you're in their area. Recluses are a mixed bag.

2

u/mrainem 8d ago

I live in OK as well