- Take a close look at the wings. Click on the image, and click again when the image comes up. You will have a nice large view. Enjoy!
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About Me
- Ivon
- Little about me: - Age 62. - Married 43 years to my high school sweetheart. - Retired from the US Navy after 25 years. I was a mustang officer. Chief Yeoman, then off to Office Candidate School, and retired as a Lieutenant in the Supply Corps. - Currently teach for the University of Phoenix.
Family and Friends
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It's Booked!10 years ago
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Catching up.... again11 years ago
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Patriot 79
Product of Captain Eagle's Online Class of 2007. Filed, sanded, polished, and assembled by me.
Nancy's Men
Ivon and Nancy
Nancy and Pirate
Nancy said what?
British Isles Tour - September 2008
John and Ann after a long day
Family
Dennis and Mary - Brother, sister, buddies, and friends
Sisters
Stephanie and Laura
Watch out for family!
Laura - Stephanie - Derek
Ivon - looking serious
Mike & Sarah lost in a world of technology
Steve - At concert on one of those long daylight days in Anchorage
Grandkids - Laura & Larry's
Lach - Landon - Larry - Laird
Grandkids - Mike & Sarah's Children
Alivia - Mikie - Madison
Birthday Time
95 Birthday - Passed Away 7/30/2009
5 comments:
He's huge! Great shot!
Patience is a virtue. Nice job!
Joyce M
It is amazing how well you capture those little critters...or big critters!
The wings are so beautiful!!!
It is a
- Crane flies are insects in the family Tipulidae. Adults are very slender, long-legged flies that may vary in length from 2–60 millimetres (0.079–2.4 in) (tropical species may exceed 100 millimetres or 3.9 in).
Despite their common names, as adults, crane flies do not prey on mosquitoes, nor do they bite humans. Some larval crane flies are predatory and may eat mosquito larvae.[2] Adult crane flies feed on nectar or they do not feed at all; once they become adults, most crane fly species exist as adults only to mate and die. Their larvae, called "leatherjackets", "leatherbacks", "leatherback bugs" or "leatherjacket slugs", because of the way they move, consume roots (such as those of turf grass) and other vegetation, in some cases causing damage to plants. The crane fly is occasionally considered a mild turf pest in some areas. In 1935, Lord's Cricket Ground in London was among the venues affected by leatherjackets: several thousand were collected by ground staff and burned, because they caused bald patches on the wicket and the pitch took unaccustomed spin for much of the season.[3]
Little is known of the juvenile biology of many crane fly species. The larvae of less than 2% of the species have been described. Of those that have been described, many prefer moist environments, and some leatherjackets are aquatic.
/MB and Wikipedia
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