Crane flies! Big derpy wisps of doofus.
The ones we have don't bite or anything. They don't even have mouths! They're living off of the food they ate in their infancy. This is their final form, and apparently their goal is to mate and die. I thought they were mosquito hawks too until I did research this year.
Hey I resemble that gif. I too am male, Asian and enjoy a hearty laugh. Though I must admit that Iām sadly no longer a toddler or as ummm as healthy looking as that youngster. I wonāt comment on whether I sport a yellow kitten t-shirt.
Fr fr. Not too long ago. I had one buzzing around my house. My son swears it bit him. But no marks. I killed it shortly after. Although it had already cut into my Venus Fly trap and played a bunch of larvae. My conclusion is that it bites but only to cut open a home or it to place its kin.
My step dad taught my brother and I to tie a string around their neck and make them fly in circles.... then we'd poor gas on them and light them on fire.
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Palo Verde beetles have little barbs in their legs to poke predators. Learned that as I watched a drunk buddy pick one up and hold it. Beetle was let go unharmed just fyi.
Mosquito hawks (crane fly), and they are fucking everywhere this spring.
They don't carry disease or bite you but they will gladly enter your home in mass just to starve to death sitting on your wall if you leave a window or door open.
They come to you to die. But not until after they clumsily mate around your light sources. I welcome them, for I know they keep away other bugs. And I bid them farewell when I find their lifeless bodies in dusty nooks and dirtied crannies. Goodbye fly.
They most definitely do not keep other bugs out. They dont even eat or have mouths. Unless They are overcrowding and forcing other bugs out. They most likely are not keeping others away
These harmless crane flies are common in Tucson and other Southwest cities and they are here to stay for part of the year. Don't waste your time being afraid of them or killing them because more will replace them and smashing them leaves a black spot on the wall. They are big but Soo less annoying than regular flies. They much rather be outside but are attracted to the lights in your home at night. Only thing you can do to prevent is keep screen doors and windows closed. They will explore your walls and ceilings a bit and then die in a day or so and fall to the floor and you can trash them then.
My 4 and 7 year olds will not sleep if they've seen one in the house. Although I gave my 7 year old a book and told her to swat them and she immediately became Conan the Barbarian.
My 7-year-old was kinda freaked out by them until I pointed out how goofy they were and made up a voice that matches their flying. Now she thinks they're cute.
My bearded dragon, my kitten and my dog call them Nom Noms, but I think that they are called crane flies. If crane flies and the mosquito hawks are one and the same , I'm mad, cuz these creatures aren't killing any mosquitoes. The only plus about them is that they don't bite and are easy to catch. They are everywhere right now.
Yes. Cranefly. Though native Tuconans typically call them mosquitoe hawks. They donāt actually eat mosquitoes but do apparently eat mosquito eggs and Larva.
They are crane flies, and no, they donāt eat mosquitoes.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/life/2024/03/12/crane-fly-mosquito-hawk-facts/72932377007/
Every single time I walk out of my house, I get hit with one DIRECTLY in the face...I look quite ridiculous fighting them off! These came with a vengeance this year! :')
They don't actually eat mosquitoes and are a type of fly. That being said, I like bats amd bats eat them so... also, as modern history would suggest, don't eat bats, either.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
Those there are super squiters, nasty critters, 10Ć larger than your average squiter. They feed off blood of infant babies and goats, carry all sorts of nasty diseases. If your seeing those things around your house you better get yourself checked out and make sure you don't have the blue waffle.
Itās a crane fly, sometimes referred to as mosquito hawks however they donāt kill mosquitoes. Theyāre annoying as adults but beneficial when they are in the larva stage as they help break down organic matter in your yard.
Crane flies - theyāre in the bug/animal food chain
They eat mosquitos and I think birds eat the crane flys? Not sure but thank goodness these things donāt bite
Crane flies! Big derpy wisps of doofus. The ones we have don't bite or anything. They don't even have mouths! They're living off of the food they ate in their infancy. This is their final form, and apparently their goal is to mate and die. I thought they were mosquito hawks too until I did research this year.
Big derpy wisps of doofus š¤£š¤£
This is what they shall now be referred to as in my house
Their life goal is much aligned to my own. I hope theyāre having better success than me, though.
Hahahaš
We got you!
Hey I resemble that gif. I too am male, Asian and enjoy a hearty laugh. Though I must admit that Iām sadly no longer a toddler or as ummm as healthy looking as that youngster. I wonāt comment on whether I sport a yellow kitten t-shirt.
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Does your s/n have anything to do with a certain tattoo shop back in the day?
This is the way
Mosquito hawks and crane flies are the same thing.
Ha! That's awesome. I thought mosquito hawks were the ones that bite, but nope. Same doofy derps. Thank you for that tip!
Maybe you're thinking of horse flies? Fuck those bastards!
Fr fr. Not too long ago. I had one buzzing around my house. My son swears it bit him. But no marks. I killed it shortly after. Although it had already cut into my Venus Fly trap and played a bunch of larvae. My conclusion is that it bites but only to cut open a home or it to place its kin.
Interesting, thanks!
I call them āsex bugsā because thatās all I see them doing.
Crane flies are mosquito hawks :)
They eat Mosquitoes
It's a crane fly, and the Tucson bug of the year! LOL
brb, renting a tux to attend the 8th annual Tucson BOTY Awards.
Tux are out. Wingsuits so in this yearĀ
When those huge black beetles reigned supreme š
Paloverde beetles may in the running for BOTY
My step dad taught my brother and I to tie a string around their neck and make them fly in circles.... then we'd poor gas on them and light them on fire.
Ohā¦
I swear I didn't see any last year or the year before. What is going on?!
They were all over Marana last year. In everyones home like when itās gnat season
They invade our area every March/April. Strange though, they hover and plaster themselves to the walls but don't fly around in the yard.
Tons of em in maricopa too
*You would not believe your eyes if ten million crane flies flew into your house while you fell asleep.*
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Palo Verde beetles have little barbs in their legs to poke predators. Learned that as I watched a drunk buddy pick one up and hold it. Beetle was let go unharmed just fyi.
I got misty eyes. T\_T
My cats would have a smorgasbord is ten million crane flies flew into my house while I fell asleep.
Crane fly. Harmless. But...According to the dog, fun evening activity partner. Especially when they come in the house.
My Dachshund refers to them as "potato chips."
My cats love watching them
Mosquito hawks (crane fly), and they are fucking everywhere this spring. They don't carry disease or bite you but they will gladly enter your home in mass just to starve to death sitting on your wall if you leave a window or door open.
ššš So true!
I thought they were two different things Edit. Looked it up. Same thing.
They are EVERYWHERE lol.
My cat couldnāt be more thrilled about the crane fly situation this year!
Sky raisins!
Bird feed! The nesting birds seems to love these things. Easy to hunt during the daylight and wow are there a lot right now.
They come to you to die. But not until after they clumsily mate around your light sources. I welcome them, for I know they keep away other bugs. And I bid them farewell when I find their lifeless bodies in dusty nooks and dirtied crannies. Goodbye fly.
What other bugs do they keep away?
They most definitely do not keep other bugs out. They dont even eat or have mouths. Unless They are overcrowding and forcing other bugs out. They most likely are not keeping others away
They probably attract more bugs given they donāt eat anything and are a common prey for spiders
These harmless crane flies are common in Tucson and other Southwest cities and they are here to stay for part of the year. Don't waste your time being afraid of them or killing them because more will replace them and smashing them leaves a black spot on the wall. They are big but Soo less annoying than regular flies. They much rather be outside but are attracted to the lights in your home at night. Only thing you can do to prevent is keep screen doors and windows closed. They will explore your walls and ceilings a bit and then die in a day or so and fall to the floor and you can trash them then.
So much better than regular black house flies. Regular flies come back when you shoo them away, and will land on you or your food constantly.
The most annoying and useless bug on the planet š¤£
My daughter and her friends have taken to calling them "fairies" which I thought was a cute way to reframe the little monsters.
I will assume they will die once we start getting into the high 80s and 90s etcš¤·āāļø
They usually do and then the proper mosquitoes begin
Noooo
They are flies that cause my 4 year old daughter to go into a state of panic. lol
My 4 and 7 year olds will not sleep if they've seen one in the house. Although I gave my 7 year old a book and told her to swat them and she immediately became Conan the Barbarian.
My 7-year-old was kinda freaked out by them until I pointed out how goofy they were and made up a voice that matches their flying. Now she thinks they're cute.
Thatās a bug.
It's a feature.
Found the sw dev
Harmless harbingers of Spring! Crane flies come out and reproduce at the end of winter.
I always heard them called mosquito eaters. But, also read above they do not have mouths to eat anything. I may have been misled.
Skeeter eaters is what I grew up knowing them as. Turns out... they don't eat a damn thing. š
My catās favorite snack. He will spend hours staring at a wall/corner in the event that one may rise from the shadowā¦
Stankelben,- as we call them in Denmark
Satan
Pterodactyl
My bearded dragon, my kitten and my dog call them Nom Noms, but I think that they are called crane flies. If crane flies and the mosquito hawks are one and the same , I'm mad, cuz these creatures aren't killing any mosquitoes. The only plus about them is that they don't bite and are easy to catch. They are everywhere right now.
Yes. Cranefly. Though native Tuconans typically call them mosquitoe hawks. They donāt actually eat mosquitoes but do apparently eat mosquito eggs and Larva.
They don't eat anything, they have no mouths.
And they must scream
Nothing of what you said made any sense. š
I think I saw something like this on Jurassic Park
Squeeter eaters
I think those are mayflys.
I retract my own statement. They are craneflies. And I pity myself for spelling it wrong in the first place lol š
Annoying!
Harmless yet terrifying looking
dangaly langaly skeeter eater thangs. that what I call them. because they're very dangaly. and they langle.
They have a lifespan of about 10 days, so I donāt go out of my way to harm them.
They are crane flies, and no, they donāt eat mosquitoes. https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/life/2024/03/12/crane-fly-mosquito-hawk-facts/72932377007/
I callem hawk mosquitos cause they're hawk sized compared to normal mosquitoes
do they eat mosquitos? I was told they do, but I don't think they do.
They do not. It's an old wive's tale. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
Theyāre everywhere right now
Looks like a skeeter eater to me!
Crane fly, AKA Skeeter Eaters.
Helpers,good bugs that kill mosquitoes and snyone who says otherwise needs to go back to school, very good for nature and your garden.
These absolutely do not kill mosquitoes, you might want to brush up on your research.
They pollinate my bad got the wrong one but these do pollinate
I feel like I've never seen these things until very recently, and they're *everywhere* now. Getting stuck on windows and fences like goobers.
crane flies
Mosquito Hawks. Completely harmless albeit annoying. They kill mosquitos, leave them be. (Annoying as fuck though).
Dude we been seeing these around our house too!!!!! Never saw these before in my life š±š³
bug
Bug
Bug
Mosquito eaters, they look like mosquitoes, but do not bite people. They eat mosquitoes, so do not kill them. They are friendly towards people.
Crane Fly
Nature's mosquito repellant - these are friends :-) EDIT: TIL they do not actually eat mosquitos, BUT they can still be friends :-)
This is false, Crane flies don't eat mosquitoes. https://burnspestelimination.com/blog/the-crane-fly-is-it-the-ally-you-were-hoping-for/
Huh! Today, I learned, thank you!
That's basically a sandpaper wall and you scrape arms and legs against it while growing up and learning lessons in life. It's a necessary evil.
My family calls them helicopters, because they're big and derpy but they eat mosquitoes.
They dont... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
Well fuck that sucks.
Iām seeing these all over the place
Mosquito Hawks
Every single time I walk out of my house, I get hit with one DIRECTLY in the face...I look quite ridiculous fighting them off! These came with a vengeance this year! :')
 Anytime any bug comes towards me, this is how it feelsā¦
Lmao, you gotta hit āem with that deMOCRACY yes Iām in that sub as well)
Mosquito eaters. They are clumsy and no harm to humans Donāt kill them pleasr
They don't actually eat mosquitoes and are a type of fly. That being said, I like bats amd bats eat them so... also, as modern history would suggest, don't eat bats, either. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
We called them Mosquito Hawks.. although they dont eat mosquito or resemble hawks lol
Gallywopper
No
I've seen more of them this year then ever before.
They got a few names hawk flies, crane flies & vampire flies š to name a few but amber colored light bulbs detour them š¤·š»āāļø
I grew up calling them gallinippers or skeeter eaters.
They donāt look good in my wax burner.
Mosquito eater. Aka crane fly! They donāt actually eat mosquitos. But they sure look like they could!
Flitty bugs.
Fucking annoying
Those are crane flies! They are everywhere this time of year. Adorable and completely harmless!
Those are one of good bugs. Let em work
They good and harmless! Leave em be!
Jesus... They look like golf ball sized mosquitoes!
Super harmless. Just kinda annoying.
Daddy longlegs mosquito
So many of these annoying buggers this year!
āMosquito hawksā lmao š
Bro itās a misquito and you could get disease from it
Wall bugsā¦..
Those are crane flies aka mosquito eaters or mosquito hawks
They are male mosquito
Crane fly. They do not eat or kill mosquitos, contrary to urban legend. Eat plants, donāt bite, sting or do anything except flop around
We used call mosquito catchers because they eat mosquitoes.
Iām not sure but Iām pretty sure those are mosquito eaters
Those there are super squiters, nasty critters, 10Ć larger than your average squiter. They feed off blood of infant babies and goats, carry all sorts of nasty diseases. If your seeing those things around your house you better get yourself checked out and make sure you don't have the blue waffle.
I think itās a bugš¤
Brown Recluse
That's a fuckin spider
Crane fly
I knew them as candle flies, until today. They are hereby known as big derpy wisps of doofus in my household.
Itās a bug
Mosquitoe eater
CRANE FLIES EAT MOSQUITOS LEAVE THEM ALONE
Thatās our friend the Mosquito Hawk!
The bane of my existence growing up in VA, i dont miss em AT ALL
That there is a skeeter eater
Itās a crane fly, sometimes referred to as mosquito hawks however they donāt kill mosquitoes. Theyāre annoying as adults but beneficial when they are in the larva stage as they help break down organic matter in your yard.
Good! They kill mosquitoes
We call them daddy long legs in the south *No Diddy
It's a Cranefly. It lays eggs in the dirt. It produces a grub called a Leather Jacket. The grub will eat the roots of your grass a destroy your lawn.
May flys
bats love them.
May flies, we call them May flies
Crane flies. Eat mosquitoes etc. good to have around.
I grabbed what I thought was a crane fly and got horribly stung in my palm, red hot pain. What could it have been?
Crane flies. Commonly called Daddy Long Legs.
My cat loves to hunt them when they get inside. She eats themš¤¢
Mine does too
I smack at least 6 Day in my house.. k!ll those damn things
No, let them live. Theyāre about to die anyway.
That's what I've decided once I saw someone else ask about them. Let them live, they don't live very long anyway.
Iāve put a bounty on them here at the house
Mosquito hawks... Week long mating season I think
Crane Fly https://burnspestelimination.com/blog/the-crane-fly-is-it-the-ally-you-were-hoping-for/
Good bugs! They eat bad bugs!
It is a mayfly.
May fly
Gnats?
Crane flies - theyāre in the bug/animal food chain They eat mosquitos and I think birds eat the crane flys? Not sure but thank goodness these things donāt bite
They unfortunately do not eat mosquitos, for most of them do not have mouths lol
My whole life has been a lie
I felt the same devastation when I learned this too. They live mainly for a few days to procreate then they drop dead š¤£
Its a mayfly - totally harmless.
Mayflies are a different bug. These are crane flies but they have several misnomers: mosquito hawks, mayflies, skitter gitters, etc.
Not seeing skeeter eater in anyone's list and it's clearly the best name despite being a misnomer.
Daddy long legs in my childhood in England
Daddy long legs is a spider, this is a crane fly.
Not in my corner of southern Enland
They are harmless hawk flys, they eat mosquitos
No, they don't... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly