Whether you call them crane flies or "skeeter" hawks, the spindly-legged flying insect is an annoyance to humans and a plaything for pets every spring. Crane flies begin to emerge from grassy areas ...

March is the time of year when crane flies begin to emerge from grassy areas throughout the Oklahoma City area, and you're probably seeing them in your yard. Maybe they're getting in your house.

Mosquito hawks, aka crane flies, are one of the first insects that show up in and around homes in the spring. An inch or more across, they hang around the porch lights in the evening, looking casual ...

Name: Tipula oleracea and Tipula paludosa. Alias: Common crane fly, European crane fly, mosquito hawk, or skeeter eater. Although crane flies have the title of “mosquito hawk” none of them merit the ...

SAN ANTONIO — Are you noticing a lot of bugs that look like giant mosquitos flying around outside your home? These insects look like colossal mosquitos combined with daddy longlegs, but they're not ...

Crane flies look like mosquitoes with long legs, and they can be seen flying around homes in the D.C. region. The bugs can be seen in big numbers, and “The Bug Guy” Mike Raupp, professor emeritus at ...

"They are related to mosquitoes in that mosquitoes are also flies—both in the Order Diptera," Molly Keck. senior program specialist and integrated pest management entomologist for Texas A&M AgriLife, ...