Tipula
the crane fly, the typical genus of Tipulide. The antennæ have all the articulations, but the first almost cylindrical; the second globular. About 50 species are known from Europe. T. oleracea is the very common species called by children daddy long-legs. It is about an inch long, hoary brown, with four brown streaks on the thorax; the legs brownish-yellow, the thighs, tibiæ, and tarsi blackish toward their ends. It deposits about 300 shining black eggs in or on the ground. The larvæ, called grubs and leather-jackets, are dingy gray or brownish worms destitute of feet; they feed on the roots of grasses and other plants, and are often very destructive.
When full grown they are an inch or an inch and a half long. The change to the