Crane fly
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A crane fly, also known as a mosquito eater, or a mosquito hawk, is a member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipu
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Crane Fly Larva
Head of a Tipula sp.
Wing of a crane fly
Pholcidae
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The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 2,000 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpente
Crane fly
…actually prey on adult mosquitos or other insects. They are also sometimes called "daddy longlegs", a name which is also used for arachnids of the family Pholcidae and the order Opiliones. The larvae of crane flies are known commonly as leatherjackets. Crane flies first appeared during the Middle Triassic, around…
Smeringopus natalensis 301141651 542639013
Pholcus phalangioides MHNT male
Two Crossopriza lyoni. The bottom one is male. The female is clutching her egg bundle
Male shortbodied cellar spider (Spermophora senoculata) from the United States