'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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Комментарии • 67

  • @jamesmason9016
    @jamesmason9016 3 месяца назад +26

    Man I thought they eat mosquitoes. I've always heard and referred to them as mosquitoe hawks

    • @gordonsmith6539
      @gordonsmith6539 3 месяца назад +2

      Me too, I saw my first one last week for the season.

    • @jamesmason9016
      @jamesmason9016 3 месяца назад

      @@gordonsmith6539 I've been seeing a lot the past couple weeks

  • @HooLeePhucingSheet
    @HooLeePhucingSheet 2 месяца назад +14

    Lost it when he mentioned "Abuelas Chankla"

  • @mrwojna
    @mrwojna 3 месяца назад +15

    They do serve a purpose. They freak out my wife. And that’s mighty fun.

  • @grim.consequences
    @grim.consequences 2 месяца назад +8

    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.

  • @sholland42
    @sholland42 2 месяца назад +7

    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.

  • @xander396
    @xander396 Год назад +15

    a daddy long leg is a spider…

    • @tyson9419
      @tyson9419 3 месяца назад

      They’re dumb in Texas

  • @wildwildwest1662
    @wildwildwest1662 Год назад +10

    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 😡😡😡😡😡.

  • @TT-jg8ju
    @TT-jg8ju Год назад +9

    These are cool harmless bugs. Ducks love them

  • @JustTeachMinistries
    @JustTeachMinistries Год назад +11

    😂 the “love making” music

  • @nathan.brazil780
    @nathan.brazil780 Год назад +8

    No these aren't Daddy Longlegs. They are Gallynippers

  • @IamMonikaDLC
    @IamMonikaDLC Год назад +7

    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.

  • @countrygirlstrongheart
    @countrygirlstrongheart Год назад +12

    I've never heard them called daddy long legs, the other names yes.

    • @xander396
      @xander396 Год назад +3

      i thought the same thing. daddy long legs are spiders.

  • @TheAlaskaMom
    @TheAlaskaMom Месяц назад

    Crane flies lay their eggs in your lawn and their larvae eat the roots of the grass, causing dead patches in your lawn.

  • @kaidenwanna3209
    @kaidenwanna3209 3 месяца назад +2

    Ireland people call them daddy long legs for those wondering

    • @artifacthunter1472
      @artifacthunter1472 2 месяца назад

      Daddy long legs is a spider, this is a crane fly!

  • @bobwallace9814
    @bobwallace9814 Год назад +5

    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.

    • @lassenker07
      @lassenker07 Год назад +3

      Daddy long legs aren't spiders either, they're a different group of arachnids, Opiliones

    • @geedee2420
      @geedee2420 2 месяца назад

      When do the June bugs appear 😏

  • @harbingerofkharma
    @harbingerofkharma 2 месяца назад +1

    I've always called them crane-flys, and pretty sure my cats think they're fried chicken

  • @berylbazor3756
    @berylbazor3756 3 месяца назад

    I like the little guys, always sad when they disappear.

  • @shelberz1
    @shelberz1 3 месяца назад

    Thank you

  • @skippygirl959
    @skippygirl959 2 месяца назад

    There is one on my floor right now and I am deciding if he gets to live or not.

  • @winternightsky6945
    @winternightsky6945 Год назад +5

    I never even know what they were called until now🤣😂 I would call them mutated mosquitoes lol

  • @eddyfitzgerald1978
    @eddyfitzgerald1978 2 месяца назад

    we call them flying daddy long legs in Ireland

  • @PrincipalityofZeon
    @PrincipalityofZeon 11 месяцев назад +2

    Lmfao "CHONK la"

  • @user-qr2jv5gf7q
    @user-qr2jv5gf7q 3 месяца назад +1

    we have these in arizona too. super freaky

  • @fylecabagnot5703
    @fylecabagnot5703 Год назад +1

    It's actually a fly long-legs

  • @steakling70YT
    @steakling70YT Месяц назад

    0:44 CRANE FLY HYATT💀

  • @SillyMe43
    @SillyMe43 Месяц назад

    My dog ate it and now he’s acting weird

  • @romeo44414
    @romeo44414 Год назад +2

    I always see them

  • @estefanoespino5778
    @estefanoespino5778 Год назад +2

    Skeet skeet

  • @johnryan6951
    @johnryan6951 Год назад +2

    "Mayflies"

  • @bride4jesus0126
    @bride4jesus0126 3 месяца назад

    “Mild” “winter” 😂
    We had NO winter!

  • @K1NGW0LF
    @K1NGW0LF 3 месяца назад

    As a lifetime dedicated Texan I refuse to believe those aren't skeeter eaters and I'll be telling my grandkids about them.

    • @tyson9419
      @tyson9419 3 месяца назад

      Keep it stupid!

  • @R2D6_10
    @R2D6_10 12 дней назад

    Well, now I am disappointed... and somebodies reason for living in my house just vanished...

  • @The_priMaryy
    @The_priMaryy 3 месяца назад

    I respect the abuelas chanclas hehe

  • @TheUAVpilot
    @TheUAVpilot 3 месяца назад

    Like fungus gnats, they are harmless, but there larva is a different story.

  • @user-uo4qg6lp7x
    @user-uo4qg6lp7x 2 месяца назад

    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?😅

  • @ralphseewald4069
    @ralphseewald4069 Год назад +1

    Mockingbird snack food

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 3 месяца назад

    Dragon flies eat mosquitos

  • @brucetavita7539
    @brucetavita7539 3 месяца назад

    You like bugs ? Do you also like Helldivers 2?

  • @MelB868
    @MelB868 Год назад +1

    We have “humming bird” mosquitoes here or large mistaken for mosquitoes they will be killed

  • @jjo5375
    @jjo5375 Год назад

    That was a very incomplete article. Try again!

  • @eddiekane3
    @eddiekane3 Год назад

    They eat the larvae

  • @artifacthunter1472
    @artifacthunter1472 2 месяца назад

    First of all that’s a crane fly and no they don’t eat mosquitoes!

  • @jessicak958
    @jessicak958 Год назад +2

    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 😏🤔

  • @Direwoof
    @Direwoof Год назад

    I hate them so much! I'm teh abuella with teh chancla!

  • @jamesmiller3528
    @jamesmiller3528 Месяц назад +1

    Disappointing...

  • @PeaceJourney...
    @PeaceJourney... 2 месяца назад

    Mind. Blown.
    The stuff you grew up hearing is false...yet again...

  • @zhouzetbadali1106
    @zhouzetbadali1106 2 месяца назад

    Nah Bruh I’m in war with them for real for real