I've been seeing them around a lot lately, and I'm pretty sure they don't sting or bite.
2006-09-19 08:22:49 · 11 answers · asked by Smiley Girl 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Crane Fly.
2006-09-19 08:25:43 · answer #1 · answered by lufen 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are called Mosquito Hawks and they don't bite or sting. They are actually pretty cool because they eat mosquitos.
2006-09-19 12:47:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As previously posted, the most common ones you see in your house are Crane Flys. they're harmless.
But also they could be male mosquitos. Fortunately, male mosquitos also don't bite.
2006-09-19 08:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by Morey000 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What you are referring to is probably the crane fly. They are harmless and serve no other purpose in their adult form other than to mate and be eaten by other animals. They spend the vast majority of their life cycle in the water as benthic macroinvertebrates. In other words, they live as larvae on the bottom of streams and rivers. The family name is ceratopigonidae or something like that.
2006-09-19 10:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by rac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crane Fly
some people nickname them "mosquito eaters", however, they do not eat mosquitos.
2006-09-19 16:14:36 · answer #5 · answered by million$gon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am on the Mosquito Hawk band wagon. Don't have anything to back it up, its just what I have known them as since I was little.
2006-09-19 08:55:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I heard tell of them being called mosquito hawks-they kill & eat mosquitos.
2006-09-19 08:28:47 · answer #7 · answered by MARK D 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Crane flys*
2006-09-19 08:27:04 · answer #8 · answered by voiceofworldcontrol 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
crane flys
2006-09-19 08:30:34 · answer #9 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
mosquito hawks they eat mosquitos
2006-09-19 08:25:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋