Tiree
or TYREE pupa state takes place underground; the pupa itself has respiratory tubes. A smaller species, T. hortulana, is common in gardens. The largest species in Europe is the great crane fly, T. gigantea, an inch and a quarter in length.
TIPULIDÆ, crane flies, a family of Nemocera. Antennæ longer than the head, with 13 or more joints, rarely pectinated. Compound eyes, rounded or oval; ocelli none. Front of the head beaked, proboscis short, fleshy; palpi four-jointed; abdomen and legs long and slender; wings with numerous veins, some of them cross veins. The larvæ of most species live in rotten wood; a few are aquatic. Distribution world-wide.