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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Ptychopteromorpha » Phantom Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Bittacomorpha » Bittacomorpha clavipes
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Wetland Fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes
Copyright © 2007 Ben Van Allen

Wetland Fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes
Prairie Oaks Metro Park- East floodplain of Big Darby Creek, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
May 24, 2007
Size: Legspan- 4cm
These (crane?) flies flew with their legs outstretched much like this individual. I think it was hoping for a mate to come by- since mating is what it was doing in the same spot when I came back an hour later. There were a number of these around a shallow oxbow wetland in the floodplain of Big Darby Creek.
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Contributed by Ben Van Allen on 24 May, 2007 - 3:21pm
Last updated 24 May, 2007 - 10:06pm

Ptychopteridae
It isn't a Crane Fly (Tipulidae), but a Phantom crane Fly (Ptychopteridae).
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 24 May, 2007 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Bittacomorpha clavipes
Bittacomorpha clavipes
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 24 May, 2007 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks to both of you! Phantom is a good adjective for describing the way these guys fly and "perch".
… Ben Van Allen, 24 May, 2007 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

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