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made up flybuary where i draw a fly every day of february. this is a tiger cranefly (nephrotoma lugens) which is found in eastern north america. nephrotoma is distributed worldwide but has the most diversity in the holarctic and the afrotropics. the larvae, like many other craneflies, live in the soil where they may cause damage to plants.
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Fossil Crane Fly (Tipulidae) In Baltic Amber
Mating crane flies in Missouri! Maybe subfamily Tipulinae based on what iNaturalist suggested. But not sure at all. Do you agree or have a better ID?
I tried to get multiple angles on them without disturbing them too much.
Paxon:
The most accurate I can get with these is just saying that they look like they’re in the genus Tipula.
crane flies in general are underappreciated animals but the few people who do like them mostly focus on their gangly features and complete lack of self-preservation. i don't mean to draw attention away from those but i personally like their tiny bobbleheads the most, with those bead curtain style antennae and absurd mouthparts
(October 18th, 2024)
hello my dears... fancy crane fly with feathery antennae
found this guy chilling under a leaf. its a large crane fly possibly from the genus Pselliophora. theyre fat and this one has a nice striped body and feathery antennae
some crane flies are mistaken for mosquitoes but this one is so large and serious its just on another playing field man
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Female crane fly (family Tipulidae) laying eggs. I knew some species lay eggs in soil, but wasn’t expecting it to look this silly 😆
While most crane fly adults don’t feed (they’re not giant mosquitoes!), most larvae eat dead plant matter. Larvae are an important part of the soil ecosystem because they convert organic matter into nutrients that plants and other life forms can use. Crane flys are also an important food source at all stages of their life for everything from spiders to song birds.
I don't really know what's going on here. A big mite (4mm!) feeding(?) on a crane fly(?) larva.
There is a kind of mite - Calyptostoma - that specifically parasitises crane flies: the young mites cling to adult crane flies while the adult mites feed on crane fly larvae - like this?
I haven't found much information on them yet, though.
iNaturalist observation 267018079
