The European crane fly earned a bad reputation for destroying lawns after it came across the border from Canada in the mid-1960s. The larvae of the insect sometimes called leatherjackets live in the ...

Crane flies, we’ve all seen them awkwardly bumping into walls, ceilings and windows, gathered around porch lights or stuck to your window screens. In our area, they commonly known as mosquito hawks or ...

When you see a large, skinny winged insects buzzing around your property, it’s easy to assume your home has been invaded by oversized mosquitoes. But if you look a bit closer, you might actually be ...

SAN ANTONIO — Are you noticing a lot of bugs that look like giant mosquitos flying around outside your home? These insects look like colossal mosquitos combined with daddy longlegs, but they're not ...

My grandson Sam pointed at the huge insect. “That’s the biggest mosquito I have ever seen.” I knew it was a crane fly, not a mosquito, but I, too, had something to learn about these fascinating ...