"Crane fly?" I asked. So we looked it up and confirmed that it was indeed a crane fly. If you click on the photo, you'll find out some interesting things about why you might like to have a crane fly hanging around. It also has some other curious and funny common names.
Ms. McCulley was telling me this afternoon that a "new" critter was found in the playground originally by Kiran & Annalisa. She described it as having very long legs (like a daddy-long legs), but with transparent wings. It also had 6, not 8 legs.
"Crane fly?" I asked. So we looked it up and confirmed that it was indeed a crane fly. If you click on the photo, you'll find out some interesting things about why you might like to have a crane fly hanging around. It also has some other curious and funny common names.
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Robin
9/23/2013 10:53:15 am
We called these gallynippers (sp?) when I was a kid.
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MaggiesScienceConnection
9/24/2013 11:16:35 am
Yep! Gallynipper is one of the names - so is "skeeter-eater", mosquito hawk & gollywhopper. Despite their name, the adult doesn't eat mosquitoes. Some species of the larvae apparently do, but it's more common that the larvae destroy lawns by eating the roots and grass leaves. And though it looks like a giant mosquito - it doesn't bite or sting.
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