So no, none are blood-feeding, and none of them attack people.” “They just don’t have the mouthparts for it. “There has yet to be found a predatory adult crane fly,” said Matthew Bertone, PhD, a crane fly specialist and extension associate with the North Carolina State University Department of Entomology. And it’s harmless.Īlthough the Internet abounds with reports of adult crane flies biting or stinging, they do neither.
That inch-long, gangly-legged insect that sneaks into your house and bounces around the walls and ceiling is a crane fly, and despite rumors to the contrary, it is neither a predator of mosquitoes nor a colossal mosquito.
