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

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

Andrew Parkinson / Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in tidal shallows with insect prey, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

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.

Chien Lee / Cave Crab (Cerberusa tipula) endemic to the limestone caves of Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Marent / Giant Crane Fly (Tipula maxima) covered with dew, Switzerland

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

Michael Durham / Crane Fly (Tipula sp) flying at night, temperate coastal rainforest, Oregon

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

Phil Chapman / Cave crab {Cerberusa tipula} Sarawak, Borneo, Indonesia

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

Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs {Tipula oleracea} mating. Kalmthoutse Heide, Belgium (crane fly)

Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs cranefly covered in dew drops, Belgium

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

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

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

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