Nick Upton / Tiger cranefly (Nephrotoma submaculosa) female. a mainly coastal, sandy habitat species, resting on heather, Dorset heathland, UK, May.

Neil Challis / Crane flies (Tipula sp.) mating on a grass stem, Rushbed Woods, Buckinghamshire, UK, July.

Nigel Cattlin / Crane fly (Tipula oleracea) adult on meadow grass during a hatching cycle, Devon, England, UK, June

Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) male, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, resting on a mat of algae in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) male, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, resting on a mat of algae in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) female, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, laying eggs in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Cranefly (Tipula lateralis) female, of a distinctively patterned early spring semi-aquatic species, laying eggs in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Magnus Lundgren / Unidentified comb jelly (Ctenophora) Balayan Bay, off Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, Pacific Ocean Magnus

Rod Williams / Cranefly (Tipuls lateralis) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. June

Nigel Cattlin / Marsh crane fly (Tipula oleracea) larva / leatherjacket attacking cereal plant, Wheat (Triticum aestivum), at soil level.

Nick Upton / Male Common European Crane fly / Daddy long legs (Tipula paludosa) recently emerged and resting on Goose grass / Cleavers (Galium aparine) by a pond, Suffolk, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Rook (Corvus frugilegus) with leatherjacket (Tipulidae) extracted from the ground by probing coastal grassland with its beak, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Limonid cranefly (Gnophomyia viridipennis) a nationally scarce fly of ancient woodland standing on the bark of a recently logged Poplar tree. Grubs of this species feed comunally on fungi under the ba...

Nick Upton / Limonid cranefly (Gnophomyia viridipennis) a nationally scarce fly of ancient woodland standing on the bark of a recently logged Poplar tree. Grubs of this species feed comunally on fungi under the ba...

Jan Hamrsky / Crane fly larva (Tipula sp.), Europe, November, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Crane fly larva (Tipula sp.), Europe, November, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Crane fly larva (Tipula sp.), Europe, November, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Crane fly larva (Tipula sp.), Europe, November, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Crane fly larva (Tipula sp.), Europe, November, controlled conditions

Nick Upton / Common European crane fly / Daddy long legs (Tipula paludosa) recently emerged female resting on grass, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Common European crane fly / Daddy long legs (Tipula paludosa) recently emerged female resting on grass, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Common European crane fly / Daddy long legs (Tipula paludosa) portrait, recently emerged, resting on grass, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Emanuele Biggi / Magnolia green jumping spider (Lyssomanes viridis) with cranefly prey, Peru.

Emanuele Biggi / Magnolia green jumping spider (Lyssomanes viridis) with cranefly prey, Peru.

Emanuele Biggi / Magnolia green jumping spider (Lyssomanes viridis) with cranefly prey, Peru.

Will Watson / Cranefly (Ctenophora pectincornis) on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), ancient semi-natural woodland, Herefordshire Plateau, England.

Bernard Castelein / Cranefly (Idioptera linnei) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Fabrice Cahez / European stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) landing on twig, with wings outstretched and cranefly prey, Vosges, France

Rod Williams / Craneflies (Tipula vernalis) mating pair, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK May

Ingo Arndt / Crane fly (Tipulidae) on Bamboo stem (Phyllostachys heterocycla), Shunan Bamboo Sea, Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan, China

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Crane fly (Ctenophora ornata), Mechtersheim, Pfalz, Germany. July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Crane fly (Ctenophora ornata), Mechtersheim, Pfalz, Germany. July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Cranefly (Tipula paludosa) female, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London. May.

Rod Williams / Cranefly (Tipula paludosa) female, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK September

Alex Mustard / Amphipod travelling on sea gooseberry (Ctenophora) Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Pal Hermansen / Collection of flying insects, including many moths, killed by accident during summer months when attracted to a lamp, Norway

Rod Williams / Spotted cranefly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) warming up on a path, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. September

Nick Upton / Phantom cranefly pair (Ptychoptera contaminata) mating on a reed leaf by a freshwater pond, Wiltshire, UK, June.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Cranefly (Tipulidae) Scotland, UK, June.

James Dunbar / Garden spider (Araneus) killing a Crane fly (Tipulidae) caught in its web, England, UK, September.

James Dunbar / Garden spider (Araneus) feeding on a Crane fly (Tipulidae) caught in its web, England, UK, September.

Dave Watts / African lion (Panthera leo) female, captive in Rabat Zoo, Morocco. Likely to be the Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) subspecies which is now extinct in the wild.

Dave Watts / African lion (Panthera leo) male, captive in Rabat Zoo, Morocco. Likely to be the Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) subspecies which is now extinct in the wild.

David Kjaer / Crane-fly (Tipula oleracea) on leaf, Wiltshire, UK, September.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Cranefly (Tipula sp), Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Cranefly (Tipula sp), Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Stephen Dalton / Cranefly (Tipula) in flight. Sussex, England, UK. September.

Stephen Dalton / Cranefly or daddy-long-legs (Tipula) female in flight against white background, Sussex, England, UK. September.