This article was last updated on 02.04.2026. Summer comes with its fair share of pests and annoying biting, stinging insects.

Crane flies are often mistaken for mosquitoes, but they're much larger and don't bite.

It’s likely that every Houstonian has encountered what appear to be giant mosquitoes in recent weeks, flying toward them and sneaking into homes uninvited. They're known as crane flies and they're not ...

It's flying around the Jersey Shore as well as your ears and ankles. What's that flying insect? And does it bite? This time of year, all sorts of flying bugs are dive-bombing beachgoers for a quick ...

It's spring in Texas and that means baseball, bluebonnets and unfortunately, bugs. Incorrectly referred to as mosquitoes, these large flies appear in droves in early spring but the long-legged crane ...