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BG765 C7642 - Dicranoptycha elsa - female
Copyright © 2007 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG765 C7642 - Dicranoptycha elsa - Female
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
April 12, 2007
Size: body length 12.6 mm.
This appears to be in the family Tipulidae. When collected it was mated with this male.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 20 April, 2007 - 6:21pm
Last updated 20 April, 2008 - 3:00pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Chen Young, 24 April, 2007 - 8:57am

Female
crane fly of Dicranoptycha elsa . See here for other related species . - Chen
… Chen Young, 24 April, 2007 - 8:56am

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