An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that predates the dinosaurs.

Little did he know that years later, the giant flying bug was a "super-rare" Jurassic-era insect. The scientist originally thought the bug he plucked from the Walmart's exterior was an antlion.

Crane flies might look like mosquitoes on steroids, but they’re actually harmless. A crane fly, often mistaken for a giant mosquito, loiters in Ventura. The insects neither bite nor hunt mosquitoes.

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