Thursday, March 28, 2019

a Crane Fly


I hope no one mistook her for an oversized mosquito, because she was really quite pretty, resting on the wall of a stairwell in Taper Hall.  Darker than many crane flies - I don't know what sub-species she is - but very harmless, unless you happen to be a crop in the way of one of the larvae (aka leatherjackets), which eat through things quite busily ...

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