Maybe you're wondering why so many huge mosquito-looking bugs are flitting ... Most of the crane fly adults that we see in our cities in Arizona come from lawns and wet soil in our city ...

A crane fly, insect family Tipulidae, is a large fly with long, slender legs that looks like a giant mosquito. They’re sometimes called mosquito hawks or skeeter eaters because they’re said to ...

Mosquito hawk size, not including legs, is usually 0.5 to 0.8 inches long (13 to 20 millimeters), although the largest species, the giant western crane fly (Holorusia hespera), can grow to 1.4 ...

Despite their creepy mosquito-like appearance, crane flies are completely benign. The adults, like many insects, are attracted to lights and so they end up on our front porches at night and fly ...

So you may be just as handicapped as your target. When they do fly in the dark, flies and mosquitoes fly erratically, with twisty flight paths to escape swats. They can also rely on nonvisual cues ...