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Crane fly
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Thanks to cicindela for indentify the family of this strange for me insect.
A bit about Crane flyies:
This species is a late autumnal species (16-19 mm) found especially in lawn, grassy areas, and humid areas along ponds, marshes, and streams. Head and thorax are gray, abdomen chiefly brownish-yellow, and the abdominal tergite with a median brown stripe. Wings tinged with brown and with costal margin darken. Adults are active in later afternoon and they come rather freely to light at night.
Swarms of mating crane fly males dance above vegetation waiting to seize females. They look like huge mosquitoes on steroids, but they cannot sting or bite. They are very clumsy fliers, their legs being twice as long as their bodies. One would think them willing photographic subjects, but they are very alert and do not sit still for very long unless caught "in the act."
Habitat: Humid areas near ponds, streams, marshes.
Range: Worldwide.
Food: Adults do not feed. Larvae feed on decaying vegetation, fungi and roots.
Life Cycle: Slender eggs are laid on moist soil or mud near open water. Fully grown larvae pupate overwinter in the soil, emerge in spring.
source: http://cirrusimage.com/flies_crane.htm |
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Hello Chris!
I do not know the name of species but it belongs to family Tipulidae (Diptera)
Best greetings,
Radomir
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