you can see this bug i took photo of on this link. Any help i much appriciated 
Bocca
Hi Bocca,
You didn’t provide us with much information here. This is a fly, and appears to be a Crane Fly in the Infraorder Tipulomorpha. Those bushy antennae and the bold coloration are quite distinctive, but since you did not provide us with global coordinates, we cannot do better than Unknown Crane Fly.
thanks for the answer. I’m located in Europe, Serbia, Belgrade
Update: (05/30/2007) From Eric Eaton
” Oh, the unknown crane fly is some other type of phantom crane fly, I am pretty sure. Chen Young, who runs the Crane Flies of Pennsylvania website could tell you for certain. Eric ”
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Posted 22 May 2007
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Another Japanese Bug ID
I’m afraid I have a little less to work with on this next insect. Frankly, I haven’t a clue on this one, but it’s pretty large. (Of course, being from Arizona, I’m used to seeing things like, oh, Palo Verde Root Borers and Giant Swallowtails. Not something like this, with legs all over the place!) This was taken in spring 2005 in the wooded hills behind Hiroshima Shudo University, Hiroshima, Japan. For a rough size reference, those leaves are between three to four inches in length. Cheers!
Carlos Ross
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Hi again Carlos,
This is a Crane Fly.
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Posted 12 January 2007
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Bug Love
Hi, my name is Brigette and I love your site. I’ve been interested in insects since I was a little kid, and am currently an undergrad studying entomology at McGill University. I love to photograph insects and thought you might enjoy some additions to your ‘bug love’ section. These were taken in my backyard in upstate NY.
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I have included some japanese beetles, craneflies, horseflies, and ambush bugs (my favorites!). I even have some eggs as a result of the ambush bug matings, I kept several during the fall months. When introduced the males waste no time at all getting busy!
Brigette
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Hi Brigette,
Wow!!! Thanks for sending us all your wonderful Bug Love images. They are most excellent.
Query: (01/07/2007)
Wondering if those really ARE mating Horseflies….
Lisa and Daniel: HAPPY NEW YEAR, and thanks for your site, it’s great. The “mating bugs” quartet has two happy Dipterans that are identified as “Horseflies,” but I wonder if they really are. For some reason they strike me more as Hoverflies or something else. The sender, being a budding entomologist, has great credibility, but somehow my mental antennae are quivering…so I’ll watch the site and see if there’s re-thinking on this one. regards from non-wintery Wisconsin,
Dave Fallow
Madison, WI
Hi Dave,
We tried finding a species match under Horse Fly on BugGuide to no avail. We believe the eyes indicate Horse Flies. We will check with Eric Eaton. Eric made the following correction: “The mating horse flies are actually Flower Flies in the family Syrphidae, probably in the Erastilini tribe.”
Crane Fly w/ Pseudoscorpion
Dear Bugman,
I love your site! We live in 2nd floor apartment in a porous old house in an old mill town in south central Massachusetts. Starlings have found their way indoors more than once. I’m pretty sure the window screens are just to keep the cats in. So I figure, if we’re going to live with bugs, I should learn their names and habits. Last night while I was brushing my teeth I noticed a crane fly nearby at eye level so I leaned in for a closer look. That’s when I saw the pseudoscorpion, hitching a ride(?). I’m not sure how it’s hanging on there, but it was flexing its free legs to no apparent purpose. The crane fly flew to several spots with the little guy hanging on before landing where I couldn’t see them anymore. Before becoming a regular reader of your site I might have said I saw a mosquito hawk with a OMG-what-is-that-thing on it. But as is it, I knew just who they were. Thanks so much for both the information and the entertainment.
Wendy
Hi Wendy,
We are thrilled to post your photo of Phoresy with a Pseudoscorpion hitching a ride on a Crane Fly.
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Posted 27 July 2006
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Key West creatures.
Can you tell me the correct name of what is locally called a "crab spider" and the proper name of the flying insect also included. These were photographed in Key West, FL. Thanks…
Don Leinbach
P.S. an absolutely brilliant site!!
Hi Don,
Your spider is a Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis, and the flying creature is a species of Crane Fly.
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Posted 25 July 2006
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Odd Little Critter
Hey Bugman!
While hiking this morning I ran across this guy, I immediately thought of you (well, after I couldn’t mentally place it in my peterson’s guide [that's in storage]). Any Ideas?
Chad
Hi Chad,
Your photograph of a Crane Fly is so artful. It really seems voyeuristic.
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Posted 11 June 2006
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Another bug picture
I have been enjoying my 15 minutes of fame since sending you the cylindrical hardwood borer picture a few weeks ago. Now, it seems everywhere I look I see randy bugs doing it, thinking about doing it, or basking in the afterglow of having just done it. Here’s another picture of goodness knows what doing you know what.
Nancy
Hi Nancy,
We will extend your fame time allottment by posting your photo of mating Crane Flies, sometimes called Mosquito Hawks.
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Posted 14 May 2006
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I am trying to find out what this insect is I need this for a yr 11 biology assignment. Thank you
Lucy
Dear Lucy,
Like you, we and our readers crave information. Most importantly, where was this insect located? We are also curious if the biology assignment is for an 11 year old and you are doing the research, or if it is for you. Is it an 11th grade assignment? or has the assignment been in the works for 11 years. Lacking a concrete answer to any of the questions we have, we can nonetheless reply to your query. This is a Tiger Crane Fly, Nephrotoma pedunculata, according to a matching image on BugGuide.
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Posted 19 March 2006
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Any idea what this one is?
I’m not too familiar with bugs, but I was intrigued by its long legs and wings. I took this picture in Prescott Valley, Arizona
Thanks,
Glenn Emanuel
Hi Glenn,
This is a Crane Fly in the Family Tipulidae.
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Posted 28 February 2006
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Crane fly species (large!)
Here’s a Crane Fly species… I’m in the San Francisco Bay area, is there an endemic species hereabouts? Those are rose bush leaves that it’s landed on… Total size, (including legs) was larger than my hand – and I’ve got large (male) hands! I now realize I should’a provided information on my hand size… my hand measures 8″ across (or about 21 cm…) and the legs on this guy/gal were a little (maybe 1 cm) wider than that… another shot (from a different angle) is attached. Sorry about focus, but that’s a 50mm macro at f/32… Exposure time lost to history.
Paul
Hi Paul,
This is not the Giant Western Crane Fly, Holorusia rubiginosa, but we are not sure what species it is. We will do some additional research.
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Posted 01 February 2006
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Spiders, Crane Flies
Folks,
You have a great site — thanks very much. I was preparing some nature pics of my own and used your resources to identify a few things. I’ve included some links below to a few of my pictures. A couple of questions: 1) In "crane_fly2.jpg", the bug has some red blobby things on its back. Any idea what that is? Eggs? 2) I believe that the spider skin is a skin from the spider in Fishing spider, I presume. I found a couple of these skins in the wood pile where the spider lives. It looks hollow to me and appears to have split apart when the spider was shedding it. Does this make sense or is it a dead spider?
Take care,
Andre Paquette
Ottawa Ontario Canada
Hi Andre,
The Crane Fly photo you inquired about is difficult to see, but the red blobs are probably mites which often infest Crane Flies. The skin is indeed a Dolomedes Fishing Spider exoskeleton. We really wanted to identify your beautiful black and white Crane Fly and we found Pedicia albivitta on the Crane Flies of Pennsylvania website.
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Posted 02 January 2006
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Yikes!
I found this bug on the cedar shingles outside of a building in upstate NY(on a horse ranch). I’ve never seen anything like it. I was wondering if you can fill me in to whatever you know about it. Thanks.
torch
Hi Torch,
This is a Crane Fly and they are harmless.
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Posted 06 November 2005
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