Mosquito Hawk

[JenzZx2]

Aka: Crane Fly I believe?

I always called these Skeeter Eaters, growing up. :) This guy was hanging out under my desk chair, he could have been killed!

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[dpastern]

Very good shots Jen! Yup, it's a Cranefly :)

Dave

[smasraum]

Great shots. You guys can pull off some amazing stuff.

I thought that they ate mosquitos for years, but they don't.

Does anyone know what the appendage is that's sticking off of the rear side of his thorax? If I had to guess, I'd say it was some weird parasite or something. But I suspect its a part of the thing and supposed to be there.

[dpastern]

That's the haltere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halteres

Dave

[sw2001]

Great shots of Quasimodo :)

[skylab]

Lovely shots Jen. I think these have really weird heads.

[JenzZx2]

Thanks all!

Neat info about the Halteres, I was wondering what that was too!

Brian, they do have strange heads indeed. He kept flapping is little nose (mouth?) parts at me. It gave my hubby the creeps, lol.

[scrumpy]

Nice sharp pics - tis true - these don't feed - just breed, lay eggs and come indoors if you leave a window open at night. Good job they don't bite :lol:
David

[Attic]

Nice shots Jen, they must suffer from knee problems with legs like that :-)