whats this.

[snappleWhiteTea]

 

[Tunedbeat]

It's a Crane fly.

 

[snappleWhiteTea]

It's a Crane fly.

cool ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[cacoseraph]

i caught some larva for these things today. they are essentially large grey maggots

they are either these fellows (not very grey in that pic) or something that looks similar

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[funguy@heart]

Our next president.

 

[snappleWhiteTea]

Our next president.

our next vice president.

 

[Terry D]

Skeeter Hawk

Snapple, That's what they call 'em here in Louisiana. That or "gal nippers". They are out in force in early spring. I used to feed them to a gp of Broadhead Skinks I had years ago. Not much meat there. Yes, Crane Fly is the correct tag. Terry

 

[Reptiliatus]

Lol yup Crane fly is correct. That's interesting that you get them in the spring. Here in Canada we get them "en-mass" in August and September. I occasionally breed Canadian native mantids (Mantis religiosa) in captivity and use crane flies as one of many feeders for the nyphs.

 

[Galapoheros]

They call them "mosquito eaters" in E tx(lol they don't eat mosquitoes though...) I find the larvae in my yard but never have seen a congregation like in caco's pic.

 

[ZergFront]

They call them "mosquito eaters" in E tx(lol they don't eat mosquitoes though...) I find the larvae in my yard but never have seen a congregation like in caco's pic.

I saw a group of these once. I didn't know what they were at the time. It was after a rain and they were all under a rotting collard leaf.

 

[Galapoheros]

I wonder if the larvae make good feeders for some things, too bad the burrow. I feed Cranes to vittatus just last night.