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.