I did not see a cranefly to eat many time, but I do see one time. I manage to photograph it.
Canon 20D + 100 mm macro lens
Cranefly Eating
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That's really nice! Good work getting so close - I find them twitchy buggers to shoot while alive, they keep flying off when I get anywhere near them.. Worse than most bugs except possibly ichneumons, which I rarely get near..
I like the composition, it's a bit strange with all those legs going all over the place but I think it works well, and the lighting is also really good!
Strange you don't see many over there, here in the south east UK when they are in season I could collect pots full if I wanted to, they are sometimes almost a plague... (Not that bad so far this year but I see several each time I wander in grassland at the moment)
ETA Nice too to know that they DO eat!!
I like the composition, it's a bit strange with all those legs going all over the place but I think it works well, and the lighting is also really good!
Strange you don't see many over there, here in the south east UK when they are in season I could collect pots full if I wanted to, they are sometimes almost a plague... (Not that bad so far this year but I see several each time I wander in grassland at the moment)
ETA Nice too to know that they DO eat!!
Lauriek: There are plenty of them here either. I just leave the word out of my sentence first. 'I did not see a cranefly _to eat_ many time'
Most of the time they fly away, but I managed to get close to this one. I made this picture in 2005 and maybe I used a Canon close up lens also. It does not really matters, but I just bought it then.
Most of the time they fly away, but I managed to get close to this one. I made this picture in 2005 and maybe I used a Canon close up lens also. It does not really matters, but I just bought it then.
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I never knew these things could eat either until now. I know that the larvae can be pretty distructive though. I found one here awhile back with bright geen eyes. A good question brought up about those legs also, wonder why they are so long? We human beings have a lot of unusual things on us that really do not make sense nor serve a practical purpose but insects and other things in nature don't just have somethings, just for decoration or maybe a conversation piece. They always seem to have a practical purpose, though not so obvious sometimes.
If I don't know I often ask Google questions. So I asked "What do Crane Flies eat" and got this:-
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
Alas the question "Why do Crane Flies have long legs" did not find an answer!
DaveW
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
Alas the question "Why do Crane Flies have long legs" did not find an answer!
DaveW