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This giant mosquito species, affectionately known as ’gallinipper,′ infamously delivers a memorable bite that aphoristically “nips a gallon of your blood.”

Fortunately, the gallinipper rarely carries dangerous pathogens.

The gallinipper mosquito is an inch long and can leave a bruise.

The mussels can be cancerous, as evidenced by what happened to the Gallinipper, a fur trading ship that went down in 1851 and remained in pristine condition on the lake floor for more than a century.

UF/IFAS Photo by Marisol Amador Entomologist Phil Kaufman shows the size difference between an invasive Asian tiger mosquito, right, and the native species Psorophora ciliata, sometimes called the gallinipper.