Short-palped tiger crane fly
Nephrotoma wulpiana
The short-palped tiger crane fly is a crane fly, a fly with very long, thin legs that looks like a giant mosquito. It is a kind of tiger crane fly. Even though it looks big and spidery, it is gentle.
Lives in
North America, and brought to Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Hawaii
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Crane fly larvae live in the soil and eat roots and rotting plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Short-palped tiger crane fly about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is a form of a crane fly called Nephrotoma suturalis.
2
It lives in the south-eastern and western United States and in New England.
3
People have carried it by accident to Spain, Portugal and Hawaii.
you asked
Most asked questions about Short-palped tiger crane fly
?Is a crane fly a giant mosquito?
No. Crane flies look like big mosquitoes, but they do not bite.
?Is the tiger crane fly dangerous?
No. It cannot bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nephrotoma wulpiana
- Named by
- Bergroth, 1888
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Tipulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Tipulidae
- Lives on
- North America, Europe, South America, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Nephrotoma suturalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Pedro Bernardez. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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