craneflies

It was especially concerned about miserable summers that were making life difficult for creatures from craneflies or daddy-longlegs to species of butterflies, members of the tit family and bats.

British wildlife benefits from return to 'traditional' seasonal weather 2010

These include for example 21 species of millipedes, and 32 species of craneflies.

UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, South Africa 2008

She had a hoverfly (waspy looking), two craneflies (mosquitoey looking), a giant tarantula hawk wasp, and a delicate baby scorpion.

The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron 2006

She had a hoverfly (waspy looking), two craneflies (mosquitoey looking), a giant tarantula hawk wasp, and a delicate baby scorpion.

The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron 2006

The craneflies were keeping their yearly vigil, veiling the inner chamber from the profane glances of the outer world.

The Black Phantom

Her instinct gratified, Suma retired to the cavity in the cottonwood while the torrential rains fell with a monotonous roar, and the craneflies with their lacy, whirring wings formed a curtain in the entrance to lend sanctity to the inner chamber.

The Black Phantom

A puff, like smoke, from the entrance to the cavity announced her coming; but it was only the madly dancing cloud of craneflies clearing the passage at her approach.

The Black Phantom

And scarcely had she entered upon her voluntary retirement when a swarm of craneflies took up its station at the entrance.

The Black Phantom

In hatch are midges, baetis, tricos and craneflies.

Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

In hatch are midges, baetis, tricos and craneflies.

Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010