Cockroaches, flies and mosquitoes are flying insects that alert us to possible sources of disease transmission, so the most sensible thing to do when seeing these types of animals in our homes is to take precautions to avoid any pathology and fall into a hospital area.
At the front door of my house I observed a giant mosquito-like flying insect and was afraid it would bite me, so I searched for relevant information using Google Lens to help me identify this specimen. This is the Tipula species, also known as the crane fly or giant mosquito because of its resemblance to these flying insects. This animal belongs to the Tipulidae family and more specifically to the Limonia genus, which is distinguished by folding its wings in the back of the body when it is at rest, unlike the damselfly that spreads its wings to the sides, forming 90° .
A distinguishing morphological feature of this flying insect is its legs that are longer than the length of its body, as well as its broad, veined forewings of translucent brown and amber color. These body parts can be seen in detail in the photographs that I included in this newsletter.
The Tipula belong to the taxonomic classification of the Order Diptera, since their hind wings have undergone a morphological transformation and are transformed into a type of gyroscope called Haltery, which facilitates flight due to their fragile bodies, their super long legs and thin abdomen. Although its flight is somewhat clumsy and too slow due to only having 2 of 4 wings, it seems to me to have better flight control than the erratic movement of a butterfly.
On the head the following morphological structures can be distinguished:
filamentous, long and segmented antennae with 11 flagella with small hairs in each division, compound eyes that protrude from the face, simple and functional proboscis for collecting nectar from certain plants.
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Finally, the body of this species bears a certain resemblance to the morphological structure of a dragonfly, as I mentioned earlier, but the most striking are its halteres and its use for the aerial movement of this flying insect.
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