New State Record?

[jdmidwest]

I went down to the garden after work and was attacked. At first I thought it was a hummingbird trying to suck nectar out of my ear. It chased me back up to the house like a horse fly. When it finally landed on my shoulder and I put a stop to his attack, I realized it may be the largest skeeter I had ever seen. It put the ones in Alaska to shame. This must be a new strain or a mutant. I blame it on the neighbors "pond" a 30' circular dugout he created a few years back that he stocked with gold fish. Since then, from July to first frost, the back yard is off limits unless you stock dip yourself in Deep Woods Off.

Anybody know what the record is and a good taxidermist to mount it for me?

[bclift65706]

put it on a hook

[NoLuck]

That must be one of those rice field skeeters. I used to hit them and had to scrape them off the front of my truck when I drove through N East Ark and S East MO

[shawncat]

[jdmidwest]

Nope, its a hilltop skeeter, I live at 630 feet elevation. I think the neighbor cultures them to feed his goldfish. This one kept coming at me like a horsefly, he kept buzzing my head for a hundred feet. Maybe its a horsefly, skeeter cross.

[crappiefisherman]

where did you get such a small dime??

[jdmidwest]

Oh it is legal tender. I should have laid a quarter down too.

I think he was a loner, out in the yard today and no problems. Maybe it was flying south for the winter and just stopped in for a nip.

By the way, I carried a shotgun in the yard today, just in case.

[sparkleminnow]

I think that's the Illinois strain. We have them here, that size, every year. I eat piazza with hot sauce, a lot. So, they don't live very long if they try lunchin on me!!