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'''Giant mosquitoes''', as could be evidenced from the name and description, are oversized [[flying]] insects. As with standard [[mosquito|mosquitoes]], only female giant mosquitoes are able to suck blood. Giant mosquitoes appear alone, and are generally not much of a threat except to a single unarmed and unskilled dwarf. Giant mosquitoes may also appear as [[mount]]s during a [[siege]], where their [[flying|maneuverability]] and numbers may make them a substantial threat. [[Elf|Elven]] caravans may sometimes sell these creatures.
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'''Giant mosquitos''' are oversized versions of the common [[mosquito]] who can be found in any non-freezing [[savage]] [[biome]], where they spawn one at a time. They are not inherently aggressive but will attack [[Dwarf|dwarves]] who provoke them with bites and wrestling with their wings, which might be dangerous as they're 3 times bigger than dwarves, though their chitin isn't particularly resistant to damage even from peasant punches. As with standard mosquitos, only the females have the ability to suck [[blood]] on a bite. All giant mosquitos possess Legendary [[skill]] in [[Climber|climbing]].
  
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Like other giant insects, giant mosquitoes only live a single year, making them a poor choice for [[animal trainer|training]] or [[zoo|display]]. Concerningly, some dwarves [[preference|prefer]] giant mosquitoes for their ''high-pitched buzz'' and ''ability to feast on blood''.
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Giant mosquitos may be captured in [[cage]] [[trap]]s and [[Animal trainer|trained]] into [[pet]]s, having the standard value of savage giants. They are born adults and may never be rendered fully tame. They only live one year, making them a bad choice for livestock or [[Zoo|display]], and as such they should be [[butcher]]ed immediately upon training. [[Elf|Elves]] may sometimes sell fully tame mosquitos, and the creature may also appear as [[mount]]s during an elven [[siege]], where their [[flying|maneuverability]] and numbers may make them a substantial threat.
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Some dwarves [[preference|like]] giant mosquitoes for their ''high-pitched buzz'' and their ''ability to feast on blood''.
  
 
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Giant mosquitoes may have attempted what was the shortest claim at the throne of [[King of beasts]] for v0.34.01. Not only could they fly, but ''they appeared by the hundreds'' (exactly from 100 to 200 at a time), ensuring a large FPS drop to most forts and just plain being deadly in these numbers.
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Giant mosquitoes may have attempted what was the shortest claim at the throne of [[king of beasts]] for v0.34.01. Not only could they fly, but ''they appeared by the hundreds'' (exactly from 100 to 200 at a time), ensuring a large FPS drop to most forts and just plain being deadly in these numbers.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:40, 18 May 2017

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Giant mosquito
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Urist likes giant mosquitos for their high-pitched buzz.
Portrait

No portrait

Biome

Variations

Mosquito - Mosquito man - Giant mosquito

Attributes
Alignment: Savage

· Flying · Exotic mount

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 500

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Max: 200,007 cm3

Age
Adult at: Birth
Max age: 1-1
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 40-64
Fat 15-17
Brain 2
Heart 1
Intestines 8
Eyes 2

Raw materials

Skin Chitin
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A huge monster in the shape of a mosquito.

Giant mosquitos are oversized versions of the common mosquito who can be found in any non-freezing savage biome, where they spawn one at a time. They are not inherently aggressive but will attack dwarves who provoke them with bites and wrestling with their wings, which might be dangerous as they're 3 times bigger than dwarves, though their chitin isn't particularly resistant to damage even from peasant punches. As with standard mosquitos, only the females have the ability to suck blood on a bite. All giant mosquitos possess Legendary skill in climbing.

Giant mosquitos may be captured in cage traps and trained into pets, having the standard value of savage giants. They are born adults and may never be rendered fully tame. They only live one year, making them a bad choice for livestock or display, and as such they should be butchered immediately upon training. Elves may sometimes sell fully tame mosquitos, and the creature may also appear as mounts during an elven siege, where their maneuverability and numbers may make them a substantial threat.

Some dwarves like giant mosquitoes for their high-pitched buzz and their ability to feast on blood.

History

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Giant mosquitoes may have attempted what was the shortest claim at the throne of king of beasts for v0.34.01. Not only could they fly, but they appeared by the hundreds (exactly from 100 to 200 at a time), ensuring a large FPS drop to most forts and just plain being deadly in these numbers.

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