This tiny little 1/4 inch insect is a Winter Cranefly. A flightless female. The males have wings. Most of us are familiar with the larger summer-flying cranefly species. A lot of people mistakenly refer to them "Great-big-mosquito-thingies." Winter craneflies are often found atop the snow in late fall and in early spring.
Also atop the snow today was a Caddisfly …! The caddisflies that I'm familiar with emerge from the water for their mating flights in May or June. Not December? I guess that nobody told this one.
John
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| Caddisfly |
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| Winter Cranefly |
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