Thanks for the Wikpedia link Vijay, I found this interesting fact which will be of great value to cricket (of the bat and ball variety) fans–
“In 1935, Lord’s Cricket Ground in London was among venues affected by leatherjackets. Several thousand were collected by ground staff and burned, because they caused bald patches on the wicket and the pitch took unaccustomed spin for much of the season.”
It looks like a May Fly to me.
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I believe reader who said it was a crane fly is right. I’ve heard them called May flies too. Hugs, N 🙂
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Those leather jackets are a short-lived pest. They leave their carcasses all over the walls of our house so out I go to sweep them off!
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Looks like a mosquito eater.
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A male mosquito. They are significantly larger than the females, but do not drink blood.
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Looks like a cranefly….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
Used to see tonnes of these plastered all over the walls on the outside of my school many years ago.
Vijay
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