what the hell is this? (insect)
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That is very true, although with the number of variations there are it's a possibility.FargoDog said:
However, could it be something like this?
That is the closest I can find without a clearer picture from the OP.
It has similar body shape, the OP's insect appears to have crane fly like legs and the colours are fairly similar from what I can make out.
This guy has it, definitely [sub][sub]not[/sub][/sub] a lizard.RJ Dalton said:
But yeah, it looks like a large Crane fly, aka a Daddy Long Legs.
Completely harmless, I'd say.
EDIT: Yeah, I get it, it's not called a freaking Daddy long legs. I just know a bunch of people who call it that where I live, okay?
Isn't that stingery thing actually an ovipositor? Then again I have some kind of beef with biology, maybe I mixed it up with another kind of wasp.Suki the Cat said:
OT: Did it have a health bar? Because then it has probably come from Australia to haunt you in your sleep.
Looks like a giant mosquito like many have already pointed out. But I'll add: we have something like that around here and they aren't dangerous and don't bite unlike their smaller cousins, as far as I know anyway. Just a bit unpleasantly looking until you get used to them.
Warning, Red Fly is in the base! You've gotta protect the intelligence!General Lee said:
Get a BB gun and shoot the little bastard.
I go with crane fly. Male since they're sorta like sea horses in that they're responsible for the managing of the egg laying. I've never seen one so brightly colored before. But I also live in Washington State. They all look a bland brown.
Not a stinger, they just use it to inject eggs into grass blades. Which is why a crane fly is a hazard to a person's lawn. So if you really want an excuse to not mow via letting the lawn die, let that little guy go and hope he finds lots of female crane flies to get eggs from and deposit into the grass for the larvae to eat. I haven't seen a lot this year, so my lawn will not die. Too bad.
Not a stinger, they just use it to inject eggs into grass blades. Which is why a crane fly is a hazard to a person's lawn. So if you really want an excuse to not mow via letting the lawn die, let that little guy go and hope he finds lots of female crane flies to get eggs from and deposit into the grass for the larvae to eat. I haven't seen a lot this year, so my lawn will not die. Too bad.
