crane fly
Mar 14, 2015 17:47:05 #
Mar 14, 2015 20:07:34 #
Not a crane fly?
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-286158-1.html
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/crane_fly.htm
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-286158-1.html
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/crane_fly.htm
Mar 14, 2015 21:12:56 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
misidentified as a wood boring cranefly..........my badNot a crane fly?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/217395
Mar 15, 2015 15:51:46 #
Yes, a crane fly, female and almost certainly mated. They grow up in damp meadow soil, the males coming out first. When the females break the surface and begin to shed the pupal skin, they are mobbed by males even before they are all the way out of the old skin. Seen as many as 43 (counted them) on 1 mom-to-be. When one 'connects', the others get lost almost immediately -- change in pheromones?, leaving the victor to consummate in peace. Nice shots.
Mar 15, 2015 16:44:33 #
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