OMG! a phoba of crane flys, and there are 5 on my celling right now!!! What do I do, will the move and fly around eventually? I can't kill them, they are out of my reach, and if they start moving, im runing the %^$ outta my house.Will they die by tommorow? or will they just hang there?
dude they aren't even harmful... they wont die by tommorrow but they'll move eventually so you could smack them then
Just gently scoop them up in your hand and put them outside.They don't bite!
The spiders in your house will kill them and eat them. If you don't have spiders, just wait. They will come in for your crane flies. If you must get rid of them before the spiders do the work, use your vacuum. The crevice tool will suck them up and crush them in the bag. I had one in my house this morning. It was hanging around my east window as the sun was coming up. I used a towel to guide it toward the open patio door. You do need to be up about dawn for this to work.
Yuk! I feel your pain - I hate crane flies, too. They are the only animals I don't like. I know they are harmless but they're just so damn creepy, with all those horrible long legs just waiting to dangle on your face! *shudder* My normal way of dealing with them is to smack them with a magazine or newspaper, but if they're on the ceiling I'd go with the person who said suck them up with the Hoover. If you can stand to have them in the house much longer, you could just wait for them to die - they only live 24 hours (in their adult form, that is - they will already have spent some time as larvae). In response to mj1112's answer, crane flies do not eat mosquitoes! As adults they usually do not feed at all, since they live only 24 hours - if they do, it will just be a sip of nectar.
You !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that made me jump, i hate spiders... But they do say they are good for keeping the flys down...Personally i use a spray or a fly swatter, the swatter is great because it gives them an electric shock and kills them straight away.
