Summary: soil and feed mainly on decaying plant matter fungi roots leaves of emergent and terrestrial plants and less often animal matter Adult crane flies do not eat Their range is worldwide Blow Flies are 1 4 5 8 long and have a large lobe shaped calypter at the base of each wing They resemble flies in four other families but can be distinguished by minute anatomical
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