Please Identify this for me - Bittacomorpha clavipes

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Bittacomorpha » Eastern Phantom Crane Fly (Bittacomorpha clavipes)

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Please Identify this for me - Bittacomorpha clavipes -

Livingston County, Michigan, USA
May 23, 2015
Size: about an inch =/- across

I saw this little guy when I walked out of my house.

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Please Identify this for me - Bittacomorpha clavipes - female

Please Identify this for me - Bittacomorpha clavipes

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Contributed by gabbi111969 on 4 July, 2015 - 7:53am

Bittacomorpha clavipes

Your house must be near a wetland.

… Peter Edelman, 4 July, 2015 - 8:32am

Yes, I have 9 acres of it clo

Yes, I have 9 acres of it close to the Shiawasee River.

… gabbi111969, 4 July, 2015 - 5:13pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

A "phantom crane fly". Despite the colors, they are hard to see while floating through the air.

… John F. Carr, 4 July, 2015 - 8:31am

Thanks so much for the ID. I

Thanks so much for the ID. I thought she might be a type of crane fly. She's so cool looking!

… gabbi111969, 4 July, 2015 - 5:15pm

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