A male Crane Fly, Tipula lateralis, resting on reeds. Well focussed, close-up with good details and a natural blurred background.

adults can not feed, adults do not feed, agricultural pest, attracted to light, big eyes, blurred background, can eject blood from its body, close-up, closeup, crane fly, daddy long-legs, destroy many crops, detect vibrations through feet, ejects blood at predators, ejects defensive stream of blood at predators, emerge as adults, emerge fully functional, emerging body fully hardened, farm pest, focus all energy on reproduction, fused antennae, good details, hand held, harmful to plants, larvae known as leatherjackets, leatherjacket, life span up to a week, like humid days, like warm weather, long bodies, long thin legs, long wings, male crane fly, male cranefly, most active in twilight, most common july to oct, natural background, primary task of adult is to mate, purpose of these insects is to find a mate, rely on stored energy, senses approaching predators, single shot, sole purpose in life is to reproduce, taken outdoors, tipula, tipula lateralis, uses stored energy from larvae to fly, vestigial mouthparts, well focussed, wide wingspan,