A crane fly, insect family Tipulidae ... A crane fly has a body about ¾ inches long, legs about 4 inches long, and a single set of clear wings. They also have antennae called halteres behind ...

That primordial creature couldn’t fly ... long must have belonged to the oldest known insect. They also claimed the mandible so closely resembled a mayfly’s, that this insect must have had ...

SPIDERS and daddy-long ... legs, there are actually very few similarities between craneflies and spiders. The most obvious difference between the two is that craneflies have wings and are insects.

Many Michiganders are preparing for the swarms of mayflies that occur in early summer. Here's what to know about the insects.

Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro ... given their RoboBee a set of long, jointed legs much like those of the crane fly. For those of you who are ...

The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the ... their flying robot a set of long, jointed legs that help ease its transition from ...

Whether you call them crane flies or "skeeter" hawks, the spindly-legged flying insect ... crane fly looks like a really big mosquito. It's also sometimes referred to as a daddy long-legs, due ...

The wings managed to flap like an insect’s, but the bot couldn’t fly for long. One problem is that the wings would blow air into each other when flapping, reducing the lift forces they could ...

As summer season begins, millions of biting flies are waiting to welcome visitors to northern Michigan. How to keep them away.

Well, not just one bug ... long. They appear dark brownish-black with three red stripes behind the head. Their abdomen is a bright red underneath, with reddish margins on the front of the wings.

Inspired by the humble bee, robotics researchers at MIT have designed insect-sized aerial bots with a reimagined wing system that can fly for up to 1,000 seconds – 100 times more than any ...