Cranefly

a mosquito-like fly. It is often mistaken for an overgrown mosquito. Despite its long legs and wings, the cranefly is a stumbling walker and a poor flyer. Its natural home is in meadows. Its eggs are deposited in the ground. The second pair of wings are reduced to club-like appendages. Chambers states that the cranefly of England is called Peter-long-legs and that its larvae do serious damage to the roots of growing crops. Anyone who has watched the cranefly try to take care of six long legs at once can sympathize with the distressed owner.