Cranefly - Tipula Luna
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 2nd June 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
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Taken at Baron's Haugh on 15th May 2015 using a Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File

 
Cranefly - Tipula Luna.
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Tipula luna.
Diptera.
Tipulidae.
Food:
Larvae:


Length:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 With a 10 - 15 day lifespan, they generally don't eat.
The larvae live in the top layers of soil where they feed on the roots, root hairs, crown, and, sometimes the leaves of crops, stunting their growth or killing the plants.
19 - 21 mm.
Moist wooded areas, rushy meadows and marshes.
April - July.