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Flying Insects in Lawn - Tipula
Copyright © 2006 Robert Kane

Flying Insects in Lawn - Tipula
Stewartsville, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
October 2, 2006
The lawns in our area have been teeming with these insects for the last couple of weeks. They look like large mosquitos, but do not bite. When you walk through the lawn or mow, they rise out of the grass. Are they laying eggs for the next generation?

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Contributed by Robert Kane on 8 October, 2006 - 4:49pm
Last updated 8 October, 2006 - 9:23pm

This is a crane fly
in the family Tipulidae. It is probably a Tipula paterifera . It is one of the large fall species and you are right about them laying eggs for the next generation. Move to this page in Bugguide. - Chen
… Chen Young, 8 October, 2006 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

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