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Averasboro Gallinipper

The Averasboro Gallinipper is one of North Carolina’s strangest fearsome-critters: a hawk-sized mosquito said to haunt the swamps around old Averasboro, drain a man dry in one feeding, and preserve in folklore the exaggerated terror of southern mosquitoes, work-camp boasting, and older giant-insect traditions.

Cryptids / Entities Insectoid And Arthropod/cryptid/2026-03-25

Averasboro Gallinipper Gallinipper Averasboro Averysboro North Carolina Harnett County

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Dundas Island Blackfly

The Dundas Island Blackfly is a very thin but memorable Canadian cryptid: a supposed 5–6 inch black fly from the remote Dundas Islands of British Columbia, said to drink blood, tear flesh, and pursue victims until they flee the island.

Cryptids / Entities Insectoid And Arthropod/cryptid/2026-03-25

Dundas Island Blackfly Dundas Blackfly Dundas Island British Columbia Canada Chatham Sound