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		nielsbot 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolution... Are you talking about "mosquito hawks"? That's what we used to call them. You might be thinking to crane flies--dont' think they eat mosquitoes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

stevenwoo 8 months ago [–]

Yes, mosquito hawks, though I never saw one in the act of eating a mosquito, just picked up the name somewhere.

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