Strange insect in Las Vegas.

Mr. Jalapeno · Jul 11, 2014

This is totally unrelated to peppers but I was wondering if anybody has ever seen anything like this before? My girlfriends coworker has these strange insects in her house and none of the pest control people know what it is. This is the only picture I have.

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randyp · Jul 11, 2014

What Happens in Vegas,Stays in Vegas.Including this bug.

Pariah · Jul 11, 2014

Looks a lot like a crane fly without it's legs... With legs they look like a mosquito from hell, but they don't bite and are harmless.

ArkansasJack · Jul 11, 2014

Looks like fish bait to me..

Pariah · Jul 11, 2014

ArkansasJack said:
Looks like fish bait to me..

That it does! I really need to go fishing...

Mr. Jalapeno · Jul 11, 2014

It does look like a cranefly without wings. Lol.

Dave2000 · Jul 12, 2014

Another vote for crane fly. I have around 5 to 10 flying around my garage right now... not sure why they particularly like my garage but that's where I see most of them.

Celtic67 · Jul 13, 2014

Looks like a legless crane fly or daddy long legs as we called them, the odd year you would get swarms of them which will turn your walls grey and moving as they cover they can cover entire walls of your house.

Gotrox · Jul 13, 2014

Some larval mosquito hawks eat mosquito larvae, some eat roots, shoots, crowns and leaves.
Adults rarely, if ever, eat anything.
Breed, lay eggs and die once airborn.

Guess it depends on which one you have.

chsy83 · Jul 15, 2014

It is definitely in the order Diptera, with that apparent haltere.