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This page contains pictures and information about Crane Flies that we found
in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
Flies in this family look like giant mosquitoes
(mosquitoes will not be that large). However, not like mosquitoes, they do not feed
on blood. Crane flies only drink water but do not feed at adult stage. Most
of them have long thin legs and slender body. They are sometimes commonly
known as daddy-long-legs.
Crane Fly larvae of most
species live in fresh water, damp soil or rotting plants. They feed on decaying vegetable matter.
Subfamily TIPULINAE,
- Tiger Crane Fly
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- Nephrotoma australasiae, body length 15mm
- This large Crane Fly is common in Brisbane forest. They have yellow body with black
bands on abdomen, slender body and very long legs. Notice the 'V' shape
pattern on its thorax. More pictures and information please click on here.
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- Crane Fly
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- Leptotarsus sp., body length 15mm
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Subfamily LIMONIINAE
- Crane Fly
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- Gynoplistia sp., body length 16mm
- Picture was taken near Yugarapul
Park in mid summer.
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- Crane Fly
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- ? sp., body Length 15mm
- Crane Fly also called 'Daddy-long-legs', with long and thin legs. Their
legs are not for walking but to hang from plants. In the first picture, some legs of the Crane Fly are lost.
Also notice the hind
wings are reduce to the club-shaped halteres, which is the characteristic of
flies.
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Crane Fly unidentified yet
- Crane Fly
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- ? sp., body Length 15mm
- We saw a lot of this fly flying on grasses in late summer.
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- Two Crane fly
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- ? sp., body length 10mm
- We took this picture on early summer in our backyard.
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- Crane Fly resting on tree trunk
- ? sp., body length 25mm
- This fly hardly be seen when resting on tree trunk.
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- Crane Fly resting on Spider web
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- ? sp., body length 20mm
- Sometimes we see a group of Crane Flies resting on the tangled web of Comb-footed
Spider. Obviously, they are not captured by the spider web for they can
fly away freely. They seem just rest on there to gain protection from the
spider web.
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