"They are emerging in large numbers to better their chance of mating and laying eggs during their extremely short-lived adult lives." Spring is the crane fly's preferred mating time. This year you ...

The two species have slightly different life cycles. European crane flies lay eggs in early September, which develop into larvae in about a week. The larvae feed on grass in the fall, then remain ...

Fragile and fluttering, crane flies are also surprisingly ephemeral. "These dipterans live a short adult life of one to two weeks with the sole goal of mating and laying eggs," Brandi Keller ...