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  • n  long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
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  • Exploring The Last Green Valley: Crane fly often mistaken for really big mosquito
    I couldn’t help but notice two women at the store the other day on their way out the automatic door. They were swatting at an insect and proclaiming that it was a huge mosquito. I could easily see the bug in question. It wasn’t a mosquito; it was a crane fly. I tried to pass that information along but mosquito hysteria had set in and killing the insect was the only thing on their minds. They ...
    June 30, 2013 - The Norwich Bulletin

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