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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
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Crane fly with possible parasitic or hitchiker insect - female
Copyright © 2014 Dipper Ranch

Crane fly with possible parasitic or hitchiker insect - Female
near town of La Honda , San Mateo County, California, USA
September 12, 2014
Size: body length w/o legs 4 cm
Large crane fly like insect found on open porch at 630 am. Legs approx. 6 cm long. Pointed abdomen. Porch is in large rural grassland with forests and ponds nearby. Examining photos later, I discovered there was a small winged fly-like insect on the legs which appeared to move small distances on the legs in the 15 minutes I was photographing it.

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Crane fly with possible parasitic or hitchiker insect - female Crane fly with possible parasitic or hitchiker insect - female Crane fly with possible parasitic or hitchiker insect - female Crane fly with possible parasitic or hitchiker insect - female
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Contributed by Dipper Ranch on 16 November, 2014 - 3:20pm
Last updated 10 June, 2015 - 5:31pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
Sorry, not enough to go on as far as the "hitchhiker" is concerned.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 December, 2014 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

Tipulidae
Crane fly is in family Tipulidae.
… John F. Carr, 16 November, 2014 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

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