Do mosquito eaters bite?

Mosquito Eater? You may have heard crane flies called mosquito eaters or mosquito hawks. Contrary to popular belief, crane flies do not eat mosquitoes or bite humans. Adult crane flies are harmless. The crane fly larva stage is the stage of crane flies that cause damage to lawns. read more

So they do not prey on mosquitoes and do not bite people or any other animals. One genus of the real mosquitoes - Toxorhynchites - is also sometimes colloquially referred to as "mosquito eaters". As their larvae really prey on larvae of other mosquitoes, the name of mosquito eaters is given correctly. read more