Animator and McCay biographer John Canemaker commended McCay for his ability to imbue a mosquito with character and personality, and stated the technical quality of McCay's animation was far ahead of its time, unmatched until the Disney studios gained prominence in the 1930s with films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
O animador e biógrafo de McCay John Canemaker eloxiou a McCay pola súa capacidade de imbuír a un mosquito de carácter e personalidade, e afirmou que a calidade técnica da súa animación estaba moi por diante do seu tempo, sen parangón ata que os Estudios Disney gañaron prominencia a finais dos anos 1930 con filmes como Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.