What IS this bug?
Hi
I wonder if you can identify this beastie? We live 30 miles south of Paris in France. I have looked in all my books and on the web but find nothing like it. The only way I can describe it is a cross between a wasp, with thin yellow and black stripes, with a sting, but legs like a Daddy-Long-Legs. From head to sting it was about an inch. I look forward to hearing from you Regards
Anna Mc
Hi Anna,
All we can tell you is that this is some species of Crane Fly in the family Tipulidae , but we do not know the genus, nor species. It resembles our North American genus Ctenophora as pictured on BugGuide.
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Hello, I found one of these in my kitchen, didn’t want to touch it as it looked like it had a stinger on the end of its body.I have never saw anything like it before, is it safe?? As I know that crane flies are quiet poisonous?? I asked my dad as he is familiar with bugs but he had never seen a crane fly like this either :/
Crane Flies pose no threat to humans. They do not sting and they are not poisonous.
I found that same fly in my house in the conservatory but we live in the Lake District. We picked it up in a glass and checked it out but we have never seen anything like it ?
I think it’s one of these
http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/insectinfocusctenophoraornata.htm
Just found one in Lumsden Newfoundland Canada. Never seen it before.
Found one today winsford cheshire englang
Found one today in St Albans UK
Think I’ve found one in Leeds, England. Looks pretty scary to me!