this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
214 points (98.6% liked)

cats

24596 readers
1500 users here now

Typical internet cats. Videos, pics, memes, and discussion welcome!

Rule 1) Be kind

Rule 2) Follow the lemmy.world rules

other cat communities

midwest.social cats

cats with jobs

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Such bravery… he proceeded to play with the corpse until nothing was left of it :)

top 13 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago

My sister had a cat who was declawed (not by her), medicated, old, sort of inbred, and had lived inside all his life. A more harmless cat you could barely imagine. He regularly found it a challenge to drink his water without fucking it up, and spent a lot of time just staring at the wall.

He once found a moth that was already damaged when he got to it, and successfully killed it. He carried the moth around in his mouth, clearly basking in the intoxicating flood of pride of the hunter he was feeling, for almost an hour before eating the whole thing.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not a mosquito, it's a harmless mosquito hawk, aka crane fly. Not a risk to humans, lives off grass roots.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mosquito hawks are dragonflies, which actually eat mosquitoes. That there is a gollywhopper.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The Crane Fly also gets called a Mosquito Hawk:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

In colloquial speech, crane flies are known as mosquito hawks or "skeeter-eaters", though they do not actually prey on adult mosquitos or other insects.[7][8] They are also sometimes called "daddy longlegs", a name which is also used for arachnids of the family Pholcidae and the order Opiliones. The larvae of crane flies are known commonly as leatherjackets.[7]

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure, if you're a stupid idiot.

(Adult crane flies don't eat. They don't even have mouths.)

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Alright, Lemmy is just Reddit now. I'm out.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

alwayshasbeen.jpg

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eh

https://mosquitojoe.com/blog/difference-between-crane-fly-and-mosquito-hawk/

"Unlike the name suggests, a mosquito hawk is not a single insect. Instead, it refers to a group of insects, including the crane fly, dragonflies, and damselflies. The term originally came from the idea that these larger insects feast on other types of mosquitoes. In reality, only dragonflies and damselflies are effective predators of mosquitoes."

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

My cat hunts cockroaches! I usually find a dead one in the morning lol. Also no I'm not dirty I just live in an old house in Japan.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

My brother's cat hunts flies and mosquitos for him. She's a helpful little soldier.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago