A Crane Fly in the long grass that grows on the bank of a pond at a nature reserve in the northeast of the United Kingdom.

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A Crane Fly or Daddy Longlegs as people know them, resting on some grass that is growing at the side of a pond at Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve. This individual may have just emerged after metamorphosing into its adult form.

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Size: 3508px × 4961px
Location: Durham Wildlife Trust, Rainton Meadows, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6PU UK
Photo credit: © Andrew Usher / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: None

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