Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Recently released young Common / Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) chasing flies. The Great Crane Project, Somerset, UK, September 2012. Second place in Mankind and Nature portfolio category of Melvita Natu...

Jose B. Ruiz / Crane fly {Tipula sp.} hanging off blade of grass, Los barruecos NP, Malpartida de Caceres, Extremadura, Spain

Colin Varndell / Spotted crane fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) at rest on nettle leaf, Dorset, UK July

Charlie Summers / Crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) flock flies past with the wall of the Ngorongoro Crater in the background, Tanzania

MYN / Denis Palanque / Crane flies (Tipula sp) mating, grassland, Montcarra, Rhones-Alpes, France, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK

Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK

Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK

Nature Production / Crane fly (Holorusia mikado) Japan

Nick Upton / A large, colourful Crane fly (Ctenophora pectinicornis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June

Nick Upton / A large, colourful Crane fly (Ctenophora pectinicornis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June

Bernard Castelein / Crane fly (Ctenophora atrata) at rest on stem of grass, Brasschaat, Belgium, May

Bernard Castelein / Daddy long-legs (Tipula species) covered in dew, Brasschaat, Belgium, April

Edwin Giesbers / Crane flies (Tipula sp) in flight, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula sp.) resting on house wall. Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Pair of Craneflies (Tipula lateralis) mating. Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Pair of Craneflies (Tipula lateralis) mating. Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) recently released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, foraging in pastureland near a drainage ditch, which one flies over. Some...

Stephen Dalton / Crane fly (Tipula sp) showing halteres, UK

Stephen Dalton / Cranefly (Tipula sp) on buttercups in meadow, UK

Nick Upton / Female Tiger cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens) feeding on flowers of Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Female Tiger cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens) feeding on flowers of Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium). Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Female Tiger cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens) feeding on flowers of Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium). Wiltshire, UK, June.

Stephen Dalton / Giant cranefly (Tipula maxima) on grass, UK

Stephen Dalton / Crane fly (Tipula sp) female in flight at night, UK

Gerrit Vyn / Siberian tit / Gray-headed Chickadee (Poecile / Poecile cinctus) bringing crane fly prey to its nestlings. Arctic NWR, Alaska, USA

Laurie Campbell / Mountain Crane-fly (Tipula sp) Cairngorms, Scotland, June

Stephen Dalton / Orb weaver spider (Araneus quadratus) with crane fly prey, Sussex, UK, Araneidae

Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water feeding on cranefly prey, UK

Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water feeding on cranefly prey, UK

Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water with Cranefly prey, UK

Bernard Castelein / Cranefly (Tipula sp) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crane fly / Daddy long legs (Tipula sp) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Tim Laman / Crane fly (Tipulidae) ovipositing in the water in a Heliconia flower. Piedras Blancas National Park, Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Costa Rica.

Andy Sands / Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) male with beak full of Crane flies, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK

Jim Hallett / Giant crane fly {Tipula maxima} in grass, Bristol, UK

Kim Taylor / Comb-horn Cranefly (Ctenophora flaveolata) male, captive, UK.

Kim Taylor / Cranefly (Tipulidae) mating pair. Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Crane Fly (Tipula paludosa) female amongst grass. UK

Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) covered in dew, Belgium

Niall Benvie / Daddy long legs / Craneflies {Tipula oleracea} pair mating, Belgium

Elliott Bignell / Craneflies {Tipula sp} mating, Germany.

Duncan Mcewan / Leatherjacket, larva of Cranefly (Tipula sp) Scotland, UK

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) mating, UK

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) emerging from chrysalis in the ground, UK

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) emerging from chrysalis in the ground, UK

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) emerging from chrysalis in the ground, UK

Simon Colmer / Crane-fly larva or Leatherjacket (Tipula sp.) Dorset UK

Kim Taylor / Crane Fly {Tipula paludosa} pupa working its way out of the ground prior to emergence of adult, Europe.

Philippe Clement / Cranefly {Nephrotoma quadrifaria} La Brenne, France.

Kim Taylor / Crane fly {Tipulidae} on stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) UK.

Kim Taylor / Crane flies {Tipulidae} mating. UK.

Kim Taylor / Crane Fly (Tipula paludosa) female, UK. Captive.

Adrian Davies / Spotted crane-flies mating {Nephrotoma appendiculata} UK

Jim Hallett / Giant crane fly (Tipula maxima) in grass. England, UK, Europe

Geoff Simpson / Giant crane fly on leaf {Tipula maxima} Derbyshire, UK

Michael Durham / Crane fly {Tipula sp} flying at night, note one leg missing, Oregon, USA

Elliott Bignell / Crane flies (Tipula sp.) mating on leaf. Osnabruck, Germany, Europe

Premaphotos / Meadow brown-edged tipula crane fly (Tipula paludosa) in typical resting pose showing its halteres, UK

Premaphotos / Meadow tiger / Spotted crane fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) UK

Premaphotos / Marsh brown-edged tipula crane fly / Daddy longlegs (Tipula oleracea) leatherjacket larva, UK

Premaphotos / Meadow tiger / Spotted crane fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) mating pair, UK

Premaphotos / Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) male feeding on a Crane fly, UK

Premaphotos / Phantom crane fly (Ptychoptera contaminata) female, UK

Premaphotos / Common orange tipula crane fly (Tipula lunata) showing the halteres, UK

Premaphotos / Crane flies (Limonia sp) mating, the male (left) carrying two mites, UK

Premaphotos / Phantom crane fly (Ptychoptera contaminata), mating pair, UK

Premaphotos / Giant crane fly (Tipula maxima) female sitting on a dock leaf, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Craneflies mating. {Tipula paludosa} England, UK.

Adrian Davies / Spotted cranefly {Nephrotoma appiculata} Surrey UK

Andy Sands / Spotted crane fly {Nephrotoma appendiculata} resting on underside of leaf, Hertfordshire, England