'Skeeter eaters' don't really eat mosquitoes, but they do serve an important purpose
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
- Thousands of North Texans are dealing with squatters; uninvited guests that have moved in without even paying rent.
Anyone who has opened a door has probably welcomed many of the pesky flying bugs inside.
They look somewhat like mosquitoes, but they’re not.
“The common name is crane fly,” said Alison Ravenscraft, assistant professor of biology at UT-Arlington and a self-described ‘bug nerd.’ “When I came to Texas I heard skeeter eater, mosquito hawk and I’ve also heard daddy long legs.”
Whatever they’re called, Ravenscraft says you may have seen a lot more of them this spring and there’s a reason for that.
“We had a pretty mild winter and a wet spring,” she said.
Those are the perfect conditions for crane flies to mature from the larvae and pupal stage to full-grown, flying adults. In the larval stage, crane flies can survive up to three years. Ravenscraft says many of the adult crane flies we’re seeing now may have simply been larvae, patiently waiting years for the right conditions.
Although some people think they look like large mosquitos, they’re not. However, once crane flies appear, mosquitos are soon to follow.
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Man I thought they eat mosquitoes. I've always heard and referred to them as mosquitoe hawks
Me too, I saw my first one last week for the season.
@@gordonsmith6539 I've been seeing a lot the past couple weeks
Lost it when he mentioned "Abuelas Chankla"
They do serve a purpose. They freak out my wife. And that’s mighty fun.
They’re also big dummies. They fly around like they don’t know how to fly and refuse to leave your room. One has been stuck in my room for a week and won’t fly out the door when it’s wide open for him to leave.
I just had one sleeping on my bathroom floor in the early morning, I thought it was dead. An hour or two later and it was back awake in my bathroom. Dragonflies are Mosquito hawks, they are your best friend.
a daddy long leg is a spider…
They’re dumb in Texas
Last night I turned off the light going to bed , as soon as I lay down a few of them flying circle around my face and my head. Every night so annoying 😡😡😡😡😡.
Same
These are cool harmless bugs. Ducks love them
Ducks eat any bug
😂 the “love making” music
No these aren't Daddy Longlegs. They are Gallynippers
Still very confused as to what they actually do besides fly around mate and die, seem pretty useless but the same probably could be said about me so I digress.
Teehee
I've never heard them called daddy long legs, the other names yes.
i thought the same thing. daddy long legs are spiders.
Crane flies lay their eggs in your lawn and their larvae eat the roots of the grass, causing dead patches in your lawn.
Ireland people call them daddy long legs for those wondering
Daddy long legs is a spider, this is a crane fly!
These are not daddy long legs. Those are spiders. The next bugs to appear and get in your house every year will be June Bugs.
Daddy long legs aren't spiders either, they're a different group of arachnids, Opiliones
When do the June bugs appear 😏
I've always called them crane-flys, and pretty sure my cats think they're fried chicken
I like the little guys, always sad when they disappear.
Thank you
There is one on my floor right now and I am deciding if he gets to live or not.
I never even know what they were called until now🤣😂 I would call them mutated mosquitoes lol
we call them flying daddy long legs in Ireland
Lmfao "CHONK la"
we have these in arizona too. super freaky
Yes and yes
It's actually a fly long-legs
0:44 CRANE FLY HYATT💀
My dog ate it and now he’s acting weird
I always see them
Skeet skeet
"Mayflies"
Mayflies are different
This is a crane fly educate yourself.
“Mild” “winter” 😂
We had NO winter!
As a lifetime dedicated Texan I refuse to believe those aren't skeeter eaters and I'll be telling my grandkids about them.
Keep it stupid!
Well, now I am disappointed... and somebodies reason for living in my house just vanished...
I respect the abuelas chanclas hehe
Like fungus gnats, they are harmless, but there larva is a different story.
LoL cliffhanger:/
Fungus Gnats are horrible
So it don't eat mosquitos they don't eat anything, they don't have the mouthparts to do it... but they help decompost plants...how would that be?😅
Mockingbird snack food
Dragon flies eat mosquitos
You like bugs ? Do you also like Helldivers 2?
We have “humming bird” mosquitoes here or large mistaken for mosquitoes they will be killed
That was a very incomplete article. Try again!
They eat the larvae
First of all that’s a crane fly and no they don’t eat mosquitoes!
My whole life has been a lie.. 😅 I would say thats a mosquito eater 😂 let it live🎉.. 😅 are y’all sure? Cause we never had mosquitos when they were near 😏🤔
Sounds like you love ignorance!
I hate them so much! I'm teh abuella with teh chancla!
Disappointing...
Mind. Blown.
The stuff you grew up hearing is false...yet again...
Nah Bruh I’m in war with them for real for real