Alias: Common crane fly, mosquito hawk or skeeter eater. Although crane flies have the title of “mosquito hawk” none of them merits the title. Contrary to popular belief, they do not eat mosquitos.

Crane flies, we’ve all seen them awkwardly bumping into walls, ceilings and windows, gathered around porch lights or stuck to your window screens. In our area, they commonly known as mosquito hawks or ...

Name: Tipula oleracea and Tipula paludosa. Alias: Common crane fly, European crane fly, mosquito hawk, or skeeter eater. Although crane flies have the title of “mosquito hawk” none of them merit the ...

Imagine hosting each spring a month-long party with 20,000 or more guests of honor. Guests who constantly fly in and fly out, raucously spending their days eating, drinking, dancing and courting and ...

BARABOO, Wis. - You may have seen sandhill cranes before, but not many people have had the pleasure of seeing a whooping crane in person. Whooping cranes nearly went extinct in the late 1800s and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - You may notice more and more mosquito-like bugs out and about this spring, but if you see them, you shouldn’t worry. The large, mosquito-like insects are called crane flies, ...

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