Crane Flies: “Mosquito Eaters” That Don’t Eat Mosquitoes

Author: some guy

14 Apr

You know those gigantic four-legged freaks that fly in your face and swoop about like drunken B-52 bombers? On the West Coast, they’re referred to as “Mosquito Eaters,” in other areas, “Mosquito Hawks.” In reality these things are called crane flies, and no, they do not eat mosquitoes. In fact, adult crane flies don’t eat at all. They mature only to reproduce and die quickly thereafter. The grubs feed on decaying plant life in the soil. Crane flies carry no venom, and do not bite. Because they don’t eat, they can’t do anything dazzling enough to be considered a pest; except of course in the sense of annoyance. And seeing as summer is the season of this winged nuisance, they should be polluting your home in no time, if they haven’t already.

I for one hate crane flies. I wish they would vanish from the earth. I can’t sleep knowing one is dancing about my room, as I anticipate that it will fly into my mouth at any given moment. The only real purpose they seem to serve is as a food source for certain species of birds. Go figure.

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6 Responses for "Crane Flies: “Mosquito Eaters” That Don’t Eat Mosquitoes"

candice May 4th, 2008 at 5:43 pm 1
They do eat mosquitoes.I’ve seen it.
melissa May 6th, 2008 at 7:40 pm 2
I wish they did eat mosquitoes. NO, they just fly in your face when you open the damn door. I agree, I hate these damn things. God, I hate them.
stacey June 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm 3
they eat mosquito larvae
katie and amanda June 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm 4
we found this bug on our car..and it kinda looks like it. but who knows for sure.

Discription: yellow and black torso & tail, its yellow and the black looks like a ” M ”
anbody know? if so comment back
peace
nikki July 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pm 5
i hate them too! in fact i just killed around 4 today and one within the last 5 minutes, im keeping my doors shut from now on …i hate themmm
Hana August 10th, 2008 at 11:55 am 6
I always called the ‘vampires’ as a kid, because they looked like enormous mosquitoes, and I had the biggest fear of them. My parents though that funny so they did not correct me.