#tipulidae

[bowelfly]

assorted MSPaint bug doodle commissions for @leafkidsblog @petedavidsonscock and @solidagold

[jenfoundabug]

Female crane fly (family Tipulidae) laying eggs. I knew some species lay eggs in soil, but wasn’t expecting it to look this silly 😆

While most crane fly adults don’t feed (they’re not giant mosquitoes!), most larvae eat dead plant matter. Larvae are an important part of the soil ecosystem because they convert organic matter into nutrients that plants and other life forms can use. Crane flys are also an important food source at all stages of their life for everything from spiders to song birds.

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[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 6TH, 2024 | Image IDs: Two photos of a brown and black crane fly with translucent wings on a white metal surface /End IDs.]

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[foxesandfairlies]

A crane fly emerging from the pupa. 

[naturugarten]

Seit gestern sitzen bei uns drei #Schnaken in der Küche. Die Kinder haben sie Rotzi, Motzi und Kotzi benannt. Schnaken sind harmlos ☮️ und können nicht stechen. Sie sind Nahrung für viele andere Tiere 🐦🕷️🦇🐸. #Tipulidae #Insekten

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[drhoz]

#2401 - Austrotipula hudsoni

New Zealand's largest fly, with a body length exceeding 3cm. Increasingly rare, and considered endangered, but still found in wet forests south of Rotoroa. The larvae are thought to live along streams in forests, and have been found in moist earth under rotting logs, and the adults don't seem to travel far.

McCluggage Tunnel, Inland Taranaki, New Zealand

[macropixels]

Tipulidae

Classification:

Règne: Animalia

Embranchement: Arthropoda

Classe: Insecta

Ordre: Diptera

Famille: Tipulidae

Descriptif et anecdotes:

La tipule, souvent confondue avec un moustique géant, est en réalité un diptère appartenant à la famille des Tipulidae. Contrairement à ce que beaucoup pensent, elle est inoffensive pour l'homme car elle ne pique pas. Cette photo en gros plan nous révèle toute la complexité et la beauté méconnue de cet insecte.

Les tipules sont reconnaissables à leurs longues pattes fines et fragiles, qui se détachent facilement. Cette caractéristique leur vaut le surnom peu flatteur de "patte-longue". Leurs antennes, bien visibles sur cette image, sont segmentées et parfois aussi longues que le corps de l'insecte, ce qui est caractéristique des membres de cette famille.

Leurs yeux composés, qui semblent recouverts d'un maillage fin, leur fournissent une excellente vision panoramique. Cet atout est crucial pour détecter les mouvements autour d'eux et éviter les prédateurs. La tipule utilise ses ailes longues et fines pour se déplacer, préférant souvent marcher à voler, surtout lorsqu'il s'agit de naviguer entre la végétation dense.

En entomologie, la tipule est souvent étudiée pour son rôle écologique dans le recyclage des matières organiques. Les larves, appelées "ver gris", sont détritivores et jouent un rôle essentiel dans la décomposition et le recyclage des nutriments dans le sol. Cependant, elles peuvent devenir nuisibles pour l'agriculture en consommant les racines des plantes cultivées.

[pogomcl]

Giant Sabre Comb Horn Cranefly, Tanyptera atrata Canon 7D EF 60 2.8 f/2.8 1/200 iso:150 Srbsko, Czech Republic May 22, 2023

[onenicebugperday]

Have you seen how big crane fly larvae are??? Wow

They can be quite large, yeah! Here's a large crane fly larva (Tipulidae):

More importantly though some of them have little "faces." Here's a tiger crane fly larva:

Lol. That's actually his butt I think.

Photos by lumenal and marcello

[herpsandbirds]

Hi! I see these things all the time around fall and never are able to figure out what they are, could you help? (Middle Tennessee btw)

Insect ID - TN, USA:

Hello, yes, I cannot tell what species this is from the photo, but it is clearly a Cranefly (family Tipulidae).

Crane fly - Wikipedia

[ratcandy]

idk what the other anon sent but im exploding them w my mind. BETTER ASK INSTEAD: whats the most sopping pathetic wet bug family youve had to study. like absolutely miserable little guys (affectionate)

I should've posted this before the other one so there's no confusion as to what 'other anon' ur talking about. it's not the blorbo blending anon. don't worry

Anyway your question. Man. That's hard to say! I'm going through all the families I've learned in my head trying to single out the most miserable and my brain is just giving me nothing.

Maybe mayflies? I mean that's an order, not a family, but their order name (Ephemeroptera) literally translates to "short-lived wing" since they die in a day after becoming adults. But I dunno if they're particularly miserable about it. They spend that entire day fucking like crazy so. I mean.

Hmnrmnmnmh. I'm literally combing through my old classification notes trying to figure this out. Elateridae (click beetles) gave me pause since I've dealt with those irl and they're pretty pathetic once they get stuck clicking, but that is part of they defenses.

Actually TIPULIDAE. Crane flies. Some people call them mosquito hawks for some reason. Their legs are so got damn long and so barely connected that the slightest touch or gust of wind will take those damn things clean off. It's SOOO frustrating when trying to pin these things. Their legs will not stay on. You will never find a crane fly specimen with all six legs. It's impossible. That makes them miserable and pathetic To Me.

Ummmm. Yeah man I don't know. It's either that or I'm saying all male spiders of every family. Except for Sydney Funnel Web spiders ig since the males of that species are actually more dangerous than females. But that's just because we Just went over in class how male spiders have to avoid cannibalism during mating. So like. Recency bias, or whatever

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 15TH, 2024 | Image IDs: Two photos of a brown crane fly with translucent wings on the green ends of an evergreen branch /End IDs.]

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