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Strange Bug 1 (Right Side Up) - Tipula longiventris
Copyright © 2007 WSherman

Strange Bug 1 (Right Side Up) - Tipula longiventris
Soldiers Delight Environmental Area, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
May 23, 2007
Size: About 1 1/2 inch
This bug was seen acting very strangely. It was moving around quite a bit, turning upside down and dragging itself by its wings and then turning back rightside up fluttering its wings and then going through the whole upside down routine again. Does anyone know what this is and why the strange upside down behavior. I will add a second photo showing the bug upside down.
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Contributed by WSherman on 24 May, 2007 - 12:09pm
Last updated 25 May, 2007 - 10:29pm

Female crane fly
of Tipula (Vestiplex) longiventris . - Chen
… Chen Young, 25 May, 2007 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

Crane fly
Family Tipulidae.
… Brad Barnd, 24 May, 2007 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

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