The Lanky Crane Flies
These long legged insects are flies of the family Tipulidae, which are generally called Crane Flies. Quite a few have been hanging around my moth light lately. If there are any dipterists out there who can tell what species these are then please let me know.
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An old "folk" name in our area for these is a Gally-Napper. Others call them Mosquito Hawks. I've never heard the name Crane Fly. Isn't that funny? :)
When I lived in Scotland they were called Daddy Long Legs but here that name is give to a spider.
We also have a spider called a Daddy Long Legs!
Those are some crazy looking critters!
That reminds me of working in Switzerland with 2 Malaysian guys, when they saw daddy long legs looked like giant mozzys, I told them they are poisonous (they are but cant bite lol) They spent the whole summer running away from daddy long legs lol I did tell them eventually lol that was before google.....