Bugs in a bucket.

Lee County Mosquito Control in Florida is all the buzz after they posted photos of one million mosquitoes on social media. The deputy director says they netted the pests for science.Source: WINK

Here's what one million mosquitoes looks like

A million piles like that is a trillion. Just a point of reference for all the times we hear a trillion thrown around.

I want to see a video of some silly wanker counting those buggers!

I wonder what a million mosquitos weigh?

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Originally posted by 10X-Shooter:
I want to see a video of some silly wanker counting those buggers!

and then three quarters of the way through the count forgetting where they left off and having to start over.

On second thought, it's likely a government worker counting them on the tax payers' dime, so let's skip the recount and just estimate them by weight.

I know places where I could get that many in a morning.

Sanibel, in Lee County, has the highest scientifically recorded mosquito count ever. The county has a fleet of DC-3's and Jet Rangers to spray for mosquitos. Early accounts on Sanibel note at sunrise you couldn't see the sun through the skeeters on the screen. Also accounts of cattle dying from them, not bit to death but suffocating from clogged mouth and nose.

I hate to be the one that had to count them.

I really don't care if there are a million or a few more or less. Suffice it to say too damn many. I gave my fogger away to my oldest son a while back. These days I just stay indoors when the number gets too high for me.

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I wonder what a million mosquitos weigh?

About 5.5 pounds.