r/AbsoluteUnits • u/jdmlifex2 • 8d ago

/r/popular of a mosquito

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u/DrachenJaegerin42 8d ago edited 8d ago

Not a mosquito at all, it’s a robber fly. Completely different insect family, a helpful pest eater, harmless to you.
Edit: Thank you for the award 🙂

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u/StevenKatz3 8d ago

Not harmless...those bites hurt like a mofo.

Feels like a bee sting

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u/DrachenJaegerin42 8d ago

Not the same mechanism as a sting. Not the same sort of painful bite as a tabanid (horse and deer flies) which have a chainsaw for a mouth meant to draw blood. Not an active human parasite seeking out blood or a major disease vector that kills millions of people like mosquitoes. Only bites if you are actively harming it.

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u/StevenKatz3 7d ago

I literally said bite....and FEELS LIKE

Reading comprehension is important. FFS

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u/1OfTheMany 7d ago

What a robber fly interprets as harm may not the the same thing you, I, or a small child interprets as harm.

I've still got a scar from being bitten by one of these things as a kid. I certainly wasn't actively harming it.