What is this LARGE insect?

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slafrance Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada Aug 08, 2009

This was on our back screen door this morning. The body is 4.5 cm long, from tip of front leg to the bottom of the lower leg it's 12 cm long. Photo attached. We'd love to know what it is.
Thank you.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 08, 2009

Looks like a crane-fly to me.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 08, 2009

This is a crane fly (Diptera: Tipulidae); likely in the genus Tipula - see http://tinyurl.com/lghdce for an example. Sometimes mistaken for a giant mosquito, they are completely harmless.

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slafrance Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada Aug 08, 2009

Thank you!

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qspangler Kalkaska, MI Aug 09, 2009

I grew up hearing them called "Skeeter Eaters" in Northern Michigan. But it is a crane fly and it's totally harmless :-)

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