I've been waiting for someone to post pictures of the Long-Legged Fly, a beneficial insect. You might find them feeding on a variety of soft bodied insects.

You have to admit how pretty they are.

Thanks rhizo. So these are not one of my problems in the garden. That's good to know. I wonder, do they eat mosquitos or mosquito larva, per chance? I looked them up and read that they do eat certain pests, but one site had mentioned Long-Leggeds with Crane flys, and said the Crane flys eat mosquitos. I wasn't clear on whether both names apply to the same insect or not.

Me thinks that you read that description about crane flies too quickly, lol. Though they are sometimes called 'mosquito hawks', they don't attack mosquitoes...or anything else.

Crane flies and long-legged flies have no bond other than they are both members of the Diptera family. But, then, so are mosquitoes!

I cant answer your question about the L-L fly eating mosquites. Not the adult, I don't think...and no one is quite sure about the larvae.