Crane Fly or Daddy Longlegs
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Crane Fly or Daddy Longlegs
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 17 Oct 2022
Crane Flies are adult forms of Leatherjackets [Tipulidae]. This one was a female, but not identified to species. Possibly a species of Tipula; it was 2cm long, with a wingspan at rest of 2.7cm. It was on the door of a kitchen cabinet. As an indication of how misleading common names can be, tipulids [which are flies, and insects] are called Daddy Longlegs, but so are opilionids, which are arachnids, related to spiders, and they have eight legs Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.327586
Longitude
-0.079257