#tipula maxima

[mahamayax]

[asaliveasviruses]

I've seen more nature in the past hour than usual. Immediately upon arriving home I saw a blue tailed lizard on my porch, I tried to get a picture, but it ran behind the mop bucket first. I did get a picture of the Tipula maxima on my bedroom wall, however, I don't know where it is now, though. And then there was a clover mite crawling on my phone. If you see a Tipula maxima or clover mite you're supposed to kill it, but I didn't. Who am I to decide what gets to live and die? Does it being an insect or arachnid make it better? I don't think so.

[impartofnature]

This is a type of crane fly which is one of the species that falls under the daddy/granddaddy longleg category. It looks like a tipula maxima to me, but the photo is old, so I can't be sure. Now you may be looking at this little one thinking "isn't that just a mosquitoe" which is fair as they look very similar. The easiest way to tell the difference between a crane fly and mosquitoe is that crane flies are bigger with long legs and straight bodies. The reason crane flies and mosquitoes look so similar is because they both belong to the Order Diptera(true flies) and Phylum Arthropoda.

[the-trxllest-greek-blog]

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[thenatureofdorset-blog]

This got the NoD ... ianballam: Giant Cranefly , Tipula Maxima at #LytchettFields living up to it's name as I've never seen a bigger Cranefly https://t.co/Wh4bLwqbST http://dlvr.it/PbP3K2 .... take a look!