Diversions of a naturalist ([1915]) Diversions of a naturalist diversionsofnatu00lankuoft Year: [1915] DADDY-LONG-LEGS 217 size, are present in them in a very much dwindled condi- tion. Since most of our common flies are very small it is D Fig. 22. A, The Crane-fly (Daddy-Long-Legs), Tipula oleracea. e, the left eye ; /i, one of the balancers or ' halleres,' which are the modified second pair of wings ; /i, the thorax. Natural size. B, The 'Leather-jacket,' the grub of the crane-fly. a, head ; d, tail. Natural size. C, The Click-beetle or Skip-jack, Elater obscurus. The line beside it sh

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Diversions of a naturalist ([1915]) Diversions of a naturalist diversionsofnatu00lankuoft Year: [1915] DADDY-LONG-LEGS 217 size, are present in them in a very much dwindled condi- tion. Since most of our common flies are very small it is D Fig. 22. A, The Crane-fly (Daddy-Long-Legs), Tipula oleracea. e, the left eye ; /i, one of the balancers or ' halleres,' which are the modified second pair of wings ; /i, the thorax. Natural size. B, The 'Leather-jacket,' the grub of the crane-fly. a, head ; d, tail. Natural size. C, The Click-beetle or Skip-jack, Elater obscurus. The line beside it shows its natural size. D, The true Wire-worm or grub of the click-beetles. Enlarged to four times the natural length, a, tail ; d, head. difficult to see this dwindled pair of wings, which lie close behind the first or large pair, and are called the 'balan- cers,' or ' halteres.' The daddy-long-legs (Fig. 22, A)

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