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Odd Couples: March fly mating in May

Odd Couples: March fly mating in May

To me, spring is one of the most exciting times of year in nature. It seems that just about every day there’s a new flower blooming, a new tree leafing out, a new bird arriving back (or passing through) from its wintering area, or a newly emerged insect. With respect to insects, over the last couple weeks I had been noticing two fairly common and unique looking flies around my yard. Both had jet black bodies with noticeable red legs…

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Crane Fly (Tipulidae)

Crane Fly (Tipulidae)

My favorite crane fly memory (I mean, who doesn’t have one of those?) was from graduate school: I was in my bedroom upstairs when all of a sudden my two housemates started screaming in the living room downstairs. I came running down to find them pointing up at a corner in fear, and one of them exclaiming, “That’s the biggest mosquito I’ve ever seen! Just think of the size of the bug bite you would get from that!” To their…

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