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My Home:
I am generally found around damp
places and am attracted to light. As a larva, I usually live in the
water.
What I
eat: As a larva, I eat roots and
other organic matter. I don't eat as an adult.
What I
look like: I am about 1 inch
long, have six long spindly legs, a long thin body and am sometimes
mistaken for a large mosquito.
How I am
born: I go through four stages
of development: egg, larva, pupa and adult. My egg is laid in water, on
water plants, moist soil or sometimes in rotted roofs. It takes 72
hours for my egg to hatch and about a month for me to become an adult.
As an adult, I will only live for a few days, long enough to mate and
lay new eggs.
Fun
Facts: In Europe I am called
'Daddy Long Legs', not to be confused with the spider that carries the
same name.
There are about 14,000 species of Crane Flies. |
