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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Scientists Shoot Down Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes with Frickin' Lasers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</guid><description><![CDATA[OK...from amongst the readership who actually know why mosquitoes should not be called "bugs"...does this photo not appear to be a tipulid (cranefly) rather than a mosquito?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 16th 2009 2:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Scientists Shoot Down Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes with Frickin' Lasers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</guid><description><![CDATA[to rt  --  That is a mosquito.  Craneflys are skinnier and have a <br>larger wingspan and lack the bloodsucking proboscus.  Their <br>abdomens are longer than that of a mosquito and they are much <br>larger.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[neesee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 16th 2009 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Scientists Shoot Down Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes with Frickin' Lasers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Also, the cranefly is ganglier than the mosquito and the ones we <br>have here in the southwest are an orangish color. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[neesee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 16th 2009 3:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Scientists Shoot Down Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes with Frickin' Lasers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/03/16/scientists-shoot-down-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-with-frickin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually what appears to be a lack of biting mouthparts and "gangly legs was what first led me to post my original comment. Besides "At least 14,000 species of crane flies have been described, most of them (75%) by the specialist Charles Paul Alexander. This makes the Tipulidae the largest family of Diptera. Adults are very slender, long-legged flies that may vary in length from 2–60 mm (tropical species may exceed 100 mm)."<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 16th 2009 3:41PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
