They do not eat mosquitos. They eat nector. Some say that they do not bite. I have been bitten by one. Their are also wasp that can look similar to them.
check out this website: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=IS0067 According to this website, the Giant Crane Fly doesn't eat, but it's larvae eats decaying plant matter. Therefore the purpose of the Giant Crane Fly would be: it's larvae helps break down plant matter back to soil.
The big mosquito-looking bug that is not a crane fly is likely a mosquito hawk, also known as a crane fly.
Fly with the Crane - 2012 is rated/received certificates of: Singapore:PG13
There are there grand(daddy) long legs. A phoilcidae (cellar spider), a tipulidae (crane fly), and opiliones. The crane fly eats nectsr. The other two eats small insects. I have been told the opiliones are aphid eaters. The things I found just makes it seem like they would it it was there. Not an aphid only diet though.
A crane fly lives just long enough to mate...a few days
Tipula simplex.
it is 5 cm
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Various insects look similar to the crane fly. If it looks alike but has a stinger it could potentially be a mosquito.
Dolichopeza rizalensis is a subspecies of crane fly. A crane fly is more commonly known as a "skeeter eater" or "mosquito hawk."
a crane FLY is a crane FLY not a crane fecking arachnid.
skeeter eater