With the arrival of summer, with the windows opened and the nights spent on terraces and balconies, hateful insects may re-enter our lives and become our worst enemies. As you can imagine, we talked about it. mosquitoes.
And high temperatures bring with it the buzz and irritating bites of mosquitoes. Although, as often happens, not everything is as it seems, and there is neither a mosquito nor an itchy type of “mosquito”. about this crane flyAlso known as “giant mosquito“It’s an insect you’ve definitely seen in puddles, ponds. We tell you what it’s like and why you shouldn’t kill it.
Despite his nickname and appearance, tipula does not belong to the mosquito familybut for this diptera. Its body is long and slender, like its legs, which are larger than mosquitoes. Giant mosquitoes have their wings wide open and their flight is clumsy and less agile than our vampire foes, making them very easy to hunt.
The fear of this giant mosquito is due to its size, which can reach up to 100 millimeters, as well as its appearance. But this fear is unfounded, because These giant mosquitoes do not bite and are completely harmless.
interesting fact about tips (tipulidae) or giant mosquitoes, in which their adult stage can last up to 12 days and during this time they practically do not feed, but instead devote it entirely to reproduction.
However The main reason you shouldn’t kill a giant mosquito is because they feed on flower nectar and mosquito larvae.therefore they play an important role in the pollination of plants and the proper functioning of ecosystems.
Now you know that if a giant mosquito is bothering you while you’re at home, on your balcony or terrace, the ideal is to scare it away without harming it. Because he won’t do this to you.