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Crane Flies
Aperture: f/3.2; Shutter Speed: 1/125; ISO Speed: 125
Description 3/8-2 1/2" (8-65 mm), wingspan to 3" (75 mm). Slender; abdomen longer than thorax and head combined. Their coloring is usually a grayish brown. Antennae with many segments, threadlike or narrowly feathery in males. Thorax has deep V-shaped crease above and acute or round point between wing bases. Females of some species wingless. Legs very slender, usually twice as long as body.
Adult crane flies do not not eat. Their Larva feeds on decaying vegetation, fungi, roots, leaves and less often, animal matter. Slender eggs are usually laid in or on moist soil. Their habitat consists of: humid areas and wet ground, often near streams or lakes in mud or wet moss.
I happened to catch this shot of two crane flies mating on some foliage at Petrifying Springs Park... I liked the detail in this shot.
Crane Flies
Aperture: f/3.2; Shutter Speed: 1/125; ISO Speed: 125
Description 3/8-2 1/2" (8-65 mm), wingspan to 3" (75 mm). Slender; abdomen longer than thorax and head combined. Their coloring is usually a grayish brown. Antennae with many segments, threadlike or narrowly feathery in males. Thorax has deep V-shaped crease above and acute or round point between wing bases. Females of some species wingless. Legs very slender, usually twice as long as body.
Adult crane flies do not not eat. Their Larva feeds on decaying vegetation, fungi, roots, leaves and less often, animal matter. Slender eggs are usually laid in or on moist soil. Their habitat consists of: humid areas and wet ground, often near streams or lakes in mud or wet moss.
I happened to catch this shot of two crane flies mating on some foliage at Petrifying Springs Park... I liked the detail in this shot.