A crane fly is a large insect with a short lifespan. The immature larvae can eat up your lawn, but they’re generally not considered a pest. There are a few simple ways to get rid of them. What ...

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Spring is prime time for crane flies, also called mosquito hawks. Here's what attracts them to your yard, what they eat and whether they're harmful.

Name: Tipula oleracea and Tipula paludosa. Alias: Common crane fly, European crane fly, mosquito hawk, or skeeter eater. Although crane flies have the title of “mosquito hawk” none of them ...

Whether you call them crane flies or "skeeter" hawks, the spindly-legged flying insect is an annoyance to humans and a plaything for pets every spring. Crane flies begin to emerge from grassy ...

What are those giant mosquito-like insects? Just harmless crane flies, a sure sign of spring Crane flies aren’t “skeeter eaters” at all and they won't bite you either ...

The crane flies, which are among the first insects to emerge around Spring, have only one mission in their three-day adult life: to find love.

The crane flies, which are among the first insects to emerge around Spring, have only one mission in their three-day adult life: to find love.

The crane fly legs and updated controller also protect the RoboBee’s fragile piezoelectric actuators—the tiny robot’s equivalent of an insect’s muscles.

Experts call this spring-time insect a misunderstood hopeless romantic. With a lifespan of about three days, it's only goal is to find love.