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...
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Jose B. Ruiz / Crane fly {Tipula sp.} hanging off blade of grass, Los barruecos NP, Malpartida de Caceres, Extremadura, Spain
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Pal Hermansen / Collection of flying insects, including many moths, killed by accident during summer months when attracted to a lamp, Norway. Close-up Photographer of the Year 03 (2021) competition - Overall winne...
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Rod Williams / Spotted Crane-flies (Nephrotoma appendiculata) mating pair Ladywell Fields, Lewisham, London, England, UK. May
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Andy Sands / Royal splinter crane fly (Gnophomyia elsneri) female, extremely rare species found only in two sites in the world. These photographs are the fourth recorded instance in which these flies have been fou...
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Andy Sands / Royal splinter crane fly (Gnophomyia elsneri) female, extremely rare species found only in two sites in the world. These photographs are the fourth recorded instance in which these flies have been fou...
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Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs flies (Tipulidae) mating, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium
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Rod Williams / Spotted Crane-flies mating (Nephrotoma quadrifaria) Lewisham, London, June
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Rod Williams / Crane Fly (Tipula paludosa) male, Lewisham, London, August
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Colin Varndell / Spotted crane fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) at rest on nettle leaf, Dorset, UK July
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Charlie Summers / Crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) flock flies past with the wall of the Ngorongoro Crater in the background, Tanzania
Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK
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Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK
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Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK
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Nature Production / Crane fly (Holorusia mikado) Japan
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Nick Upton / A large, colourful Crane fly (Ctenophora pectinicornis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / A large, colourful Crane fly (Ctenophora pectinicornis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Bernard Castelein / Crane fly (Ctenophora atrata) at rest on stem of grass, Brasschaat, Belgium, May
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Bernard Castelein / Daddy long-legs (Tipula species) covered in dew, Brasschaat, Belgium, April
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Edwin Giesbers / Crane flies (Tipula sp) in flight, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
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Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula sp.) resting on house wall. Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Pair of Craneflies (Tipula lateralis) mating. Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Pair of Craneflies (Tipula lateralis) mating. Wiltshire, UK, April.
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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...
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Stephen Dalton / Crane fly (Tipula sp) showing halteres, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Cranefly (Tipula sp) on buttercups in meadow, UK
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Nick Upton / Female Tiger cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens) feeding on flowers of Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Female Tiger cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens) feeding on flowers of Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium). Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Female Tiger cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens) feeding on flowers of Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium). Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Stephen Dalton / Giant cranefly (Tipula maxima) on grass, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Crane fly (Tipula sp) female in flight at night, UK
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Gerrit Vyn / Siberian tit / Gray-headed Chickadee (Poecile / Poecile cinctus) bringing crane fly prey to its nestlings. Arctic NWR, Alaska, USA
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Laurie Campbell / Mountain Crane-fly (Tipula sp) Cairngorms, Scotland, June
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Stephen Dalton / Orb weaver spider (Araneus quadratus) with crane fly prey, Sussex, UK, Araneidae
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Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water feeding on cranefly prey, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water feeding on cranefly prey, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water with Cranefly prey, UK
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Bernard Castelein / Cranefly (Tipula sp) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crane fly / Daddy long legs (Tipula sp) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008
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Tim Laman / Crane fly (Tipulidae) ovipositing in the water in a Heliconia flower. Piedras Blancas National Park, Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Costa Rica.
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Andy Sands / Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) male with beak full of Crane flies, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK
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Jim Hallett / Giant crane fly {Tipula maxima} in grass, Bristol, UK
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Kim Taylor / Comb-horn Cranefly (Ctenophora flaveolata) male, captive, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Cranefly (Tipulidae) mating pair. Surrey, UK
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Kim Taylor / Crane Fly (Tipula paludosa) female amongst grass. UK
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Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) covered in dew, Belgium
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Niall Benvie / Daddy long legs / Craneflies {Tipula oleracea} pair mating, Belgium
Adrian Davies / Spotted cranefly {Nephrotoma appiculata} Surrey UK
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Ernie Janes / * Crane flies (Tipulidae) resting on white wall, UK. October.
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Doug Wechsler / Crane flies (Antocha sp.) resting on web, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. September.
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Neil Challis / Crane flies (Tipula sp.) mating on a grass stem, Rushbed Woods, Buckinghamshire, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) male, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, resting on a mat of algae in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) male, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, resting on a mat of algae in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) female, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, laying eggs in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) female, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, laying eggs in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Andy Sands / Spotted crane fly {Nephrotoma appendiculata} resting on underside of leaf, Hertfordshire, England