How many are interested in craneflies, hands up?
No?
A fascinating group, comprising of several hundred species, with interesting biology.
Here is one of the most common one, short-palped cranefly, Limonia nubeculosa.
#limonianubeculosa #limoniidae #shortpalpedcranefly #biodiversity #småharkrank

A new Cranefly species for me and what a beauty, Epiphragma ocellare. Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 14/05/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Cranefly #Limoniidae @suillia.bsky.social

I think this is the Spring cranefly Limnophila schranki, there were a few flying around #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 27/04/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Limoniidae #cranefly

Steltmug

#ElkeDagEenInsect
#Steltmug #Limoniidae
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Limonia nubeculosa, the Three-banded Limonia or Sixspot Cranefly...a reliable woodland dipteran through all months of the year. Close up of the head and long-haired antenna.

Limonia nubeculosa, the Three-banded Limonia or Sixspot Cranefly...a reliable woodland dipteran through all months of the year. Close up of the triple-ringed femora.

Limonia nubeculosa, the Three-banded Limonia or Sixspot Cranefly...a reliable woodland dipteran through all months of the year and here on a fence post this morning in East Yorkshire, UK.

Limonia nubeculosa on a gate bar this morning at Cali Heath Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve. aka Three-banded Limonia, a cranefly of damp woodlands found in every month of the year. #limoniidae #craneflies #ento #ukwildlife

Look the antenna on this! Rhipidia maculata; Limoniidae Male - East Devon Woods early October. dipteraid.co.uk #limoniidae #craneflies #dipteraid #insectimaging #tutoring

Limoniidae (?)

Juvenile Arion sp.

Neobisium carcinoides

Neobisium carcinoides

The scarce findings in a bucket full of Craterellus tubaeformis.
Some Limoniidae larvae, a juvenile Arion slug and a pseudoscorpion (Neobisium carcinoides)
More about it here (in Swedish)
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2023/12/blan...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Diptera
#Molluscs
#Limoniidae
#Fungi

Phylidorea abdominalis #Limoniidae from a New Forest mire at the weekend

Firstly, Lower Diptera or Nematocera with long antennae resembling a string of beads represented by the #Limoniidae cranefly Dicranomyia chorea male and the #Anisopodidae window-gnat Sylvicola cinctus male. Lots of smaller Lower Diptera also present but beyond my ID skills 2/9

Quite the long face on this sea snout Geranomyia unicolor #Limoniidae. Collected from sea cliffs in Cornwall along with Dicranomyia goritiensis and Gonomyia conoviensis a few weeks ago. #Diptera

Found these lotic water mites on this small #Limoniidae in the #Lescun area of #pyrenees Wonder what species? Many streams are dry this year #Hydrachnidia @freshwaterbio @freshwaterblog @AFL_org