Well, tuday we lern bowt Crane Flies. Yup. Some beans call dem Mosquito Hawks or Mosquito Eaters or Daddy Long Legs. But dey aint. Dey ist Crane Flies, Latin name ist Tipulidae. Dunt worry. Dat won't be on da POP kwiz.
Here ist a pikshur:
The reesun we ist lernin bowt Crane Flies ist dat one came in da howse yestday. Maw sez dis means Spring ist here in North Texas. See, wen the Henbit weed grows all over da front yard, and da Crane Fly comes in da howse, it means Spring to Maw. No matter wat the meetergist man sez on da big talking pikshur box bowt da first day of spring being March 20. Wen we gitz Crane Flies an Henbit weedz, itz Spring.
Member we tolded you how the grasshopper and cricket legs will fall off wen you touch dem? Well, da Crane Fly loses itz legs ifn you look at it!!! Yup. Der legs fall off reel eazy. Maw uzed ta go "EEeekkk!" wen she first moved to North Texas cuz Crane Flies are huge and can be kinda skeery.
Dey come owt in Febry an March cuz dey lif in decaying stuff wen dey ist larva. Da adults dunt eat nothin. Usshully dey ist heer before now. Mebbe cuz of the extreme drought dey ist late dis year.
So, dat ist yur lesson fur tuday. Study hard fur a POP kwiz.
Luf, Us. An Hugs to Efurryone {{{{{hugs}}}}}
