A headline at an Althouse blog post: The Sunshine State, already home to man-eating sinkholes, invading Burmese pythons, swarming sharks, tropical storms and other disasters..." "... can expect to see an explosion of shaggy-haired gallinippers (Psorophora ciliata), a type of giant mosquito...."
It is twenty times the size of regular Florida mosquitoes: the size of a quarter. They are set to invade Florida if the rainy season is wet enough.
Go here to read more about these formidable insects: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0309/Huge-Florida-mosquitoes-Monster-insects-are-called-Gallinippers?nav=87-frontpage-mostViewed
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