crane fly

They also eat crane-fly larvae, which are often very destructive in grass lands and wheat fields.

Then there is the crane-fly, whose balancers you can see quite easily.

Crane-fly (Tipula oleracea), a, female; b, larva ('leather-jacket' grub).

Crane-fly larvae are frequently seriously destructive locally in grass and wheat fields.

On cutting off both the poisers of a crane-fly, he says it was unable either to fly or walk.