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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipulinae » Tipula » subgenus Nippotipula (Tipula subgenus Nippotipula) » Giant Crane Fly (Tipula abdominalis)
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Flying insect - Tipula abdominalis
Copyright © 2016 Celeste LeBlanc

Flying insect - Tipula abdominalis
Canada/Amherst/CumberlandCounty/NovaScotia County, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 19, 2016
Size: roughly 3.5 inches w/legs
At first I though maybe some sort of dragonfly but the dimensions jut aren't right for that.
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Contributed by Celeste LeBlanc on 19 August, 2016 - 10:25am
Last updated 7 September, 2016 - 1:57pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 September, 2016 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

Thanks
I've never seen one like this around here we have smaller lighter ones that look like over sized mosquitoes. It's been in that spot for two day's now... is that weird? Don't they have a fairly short life span
… Celeste LeBlanc, 19 August, 2016 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't know
I don't know how long these live. Insects may only look for mates under certain weather or light conditions. Seeing one there all day is not surprising. Two days is a long time.
… John F. Carr, 20 August, 2016 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

Tipula abdominalis
Tipula abdominalis, one of our largest crane flies.
… John F. Carr, 19 August, 2016 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

A crane fly
Tipulidae
… John Pfeiffer, 19 August, 2016 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

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