The Crane Fly Invasion Wanes

The invasion of the Crane Fly is winding down
We base this conclusion on our observations. These flies are completely harmless. In fact, they are food for the areas birds, bats and other wildlife.

The problem for we humans has been that these crane flies are everywhere; and they have been everywhere for the past six weeks.

Wet and early prolonged winter rainy season caused invasion
The crane flies are plentiful this because it has been a long and wet rainy season. The ground is moist. The crane fly larvae love wet grounds!

According to UA biology professor Michael Brogan: "The heavy rains we had in November helped to wet the soil in Tucson, which triggers more activity in crane fly larvae. We continued to get rains in December and January, and lots of wildflowers and grasses have been growing around town the last couple months, so all of that growth provides good food for crane fly larvae." (source)

Courtesy of LOVE

Often, you come across crane flies in the house or on the side of a building. They are doing absolutely nothing. Why? " ...crane flies have to conserve their limited energy resources and just hang out doing nothing quite a lot. But when they see potential mates or good places to lay their eggs after mating, then they'll spring into action and fly around."

Our season is changing and it should be drier. Thus, fewer crane flies... until next year.
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