Date: 04/08/2013

Number: 1

I found one crane fly (aka: gallinipper/golly-whopper/mosquito hawk) in my house tonight. These look like giant mosquitoes, but they don't bite or suck blood. Their very short lives consist of laying eggs in water and hatching many more like them. They feed off nectar.

WEST PLAINS, MO

Latitude: 36.7 Longitude: -91.9

Observed by: Tamala
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