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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Hangingflies (Bittacidae) » Hylobittacus » Hylobittacus apicalis
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Bug vs Slug - Hylobittacus apicalis
Copyright © 2015 brhodes avl nc

Bug vs Slug - Hylobittacus apicalis
candler, buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
June 22, 2015
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Contributed by brhodes avl nc on 22 June, 2015 - 6:11pm
Last updated 14 June, 2017 - 2:20am

looks like Hylobittacus apicalis
a hangingfly. Easily confused with crane flies. The elongated face and four wings (as opposed to 2) are a clue. The left hind wing appears to be caught up in the slug's slime, interesting.

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… metrioptera, 22 June, 2015 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, it was fascinating to watch
I could not tell who was killing whom. The fly was stuck in the slime, but was pulling out parts of the slug to eat. Mutual destruction?
… brhodes avl nc, 22 June, 2015 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Crane fly I think
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… Aaron Hunt, 22 June, 2015 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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