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Crane fly

A crane fly, also known as a mosquito eater, or a mosquito hawk, is a member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, as well as several extinct families. "Winter crane flies", members of the family Trichoceridae, are sufficiently different from the typical crane…

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Crane fly

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Crane fly

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related to External links · 21
Crane fly → Carnegie Museum, Catalog, Common Texas Insects, Conservation, Crane Flies, CRANE FLY LARVAE, Craneflies, EOLIZ, Extensive Specimen Collection, Field Guide, Fly, Image GalleryBugGuide, Missouri Department, Natural Historyhttps, Ohio State University Fact, Ohioline, Pennsylvania, Retrieved, September, SheetFamily Tipulidae
related to Common names · 15
Crane fly → English, English-speaking, Gheataire, In Ireland, Irish, Jenny, Many, Numerous, Opiliones, Pholcidae, Pilib, Scotland, Skinny Philip, The, They
related to Pest status · 13
Crane fly → Europe, European, In, London, Lord's Cricket Ground, Several, Since, Some, Starlings, The, They, Tipula, United States
related to Biology · 10
Crane fly → Adults, Copulation, Crane, Larvae, Males, Most, Projections, Some, The, They
related to Summary · 6
Crane fly → An, Holorusia, It, Like, The, They
related to Misconceptions · 4
Crane fly → Although, Despite, The, There
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Crane fly → Tipularia

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crane flies species larvae also known fly tipulidae family insects mosquito including usually tipuloidea common may adult families limoniidae superfamily

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Crane flyrelated to BiologyCrane0.60section
Crane flyrelated to BiologyProjections0.60section
Crane flyrelated to BiologyLarvae0.60section

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