They are found in dark protected places such as old lumber piles or basements. Black widows eat insects that become caught in their webs. The spiders live about one year and are benefial in their predation of insects. Tipulidae This family is the largest in the order Diptera. I thought these were mosquitoes at first but they did not look hairy enough or shaped the same.
Crane flies occur chiefly in damp situations where there is aboundant vegetation.
A few feed on plants, and a few are predaceous. Little is known of the feeding habits of the adults, but some possess a long slender proboscis and are known to feed on nectar. The grown-ups may not eat, they just eventually die. Crane flies do not bite man. Carabidae Ground beetles are the second largest family of beetles in North America.