minus-squarePhanTheMan@lemmynsfw.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the dumbest thing you thought as an adult that you recently learned was wrong?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·9 months agoMy parents told me to always leave the “big mosquito bugs” alone as they eat the little mosquitoes. Then I told everyone to do the same for years. Turns out those “big mosquito bugs” were actually “Crane Fly” and they do not eat mosquitoes… https://www.mrbuggs.com/giant-mosquitoes-aka-crane-flies/ linkfedilink
My parents told me to always leave the “big mosquito bugs” alone as they eat the little mosquitoes. Then I told everyone to do the same for years. Turns out those “big mosquito bugs” were actually “Crane Fly” and they do not eat mosquitoes…
https://www.mrbuggs.com/giant-mosquitoes-aka-crane-flies/