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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Eriopterini » Snow Flies (Chionea) » Chionea valga
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Unknown insect found in snow - Chionea valga - male
Copyright © 2008 Tim Eisele

Unknown insect found in snow - Chionea valga - Male
Atlantic Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
January 12, 2008
Size: Body 6 mm
We found this insect scampering briskly across the snow at an outdoor temperature of about 28 deg. F, on a cloudy day. It was hard to get pictures of it, because when it warmed up it became almost frantic. I'm at a complete loss as to even what order this is in, is anyone familiar with this?

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Contributed by Tim Eisele on 12 January, 2008 - 2:48pm
Last updated 14 January, 2008 - 3:51pm

Moved
Here's what Chen Young said about this one.
"I have seen the other male Chionea valga image from Michigan . Although the image did not show clearly the length of the antennae, but based on the visible part it is too short to be Chionea scita. C. scita has a 12-segmented antennae and C. valga has 6-7 segmented antennae."
… tom murray, 14 January, 2008 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of
Reminds me of Snow Scorpionflies (Boreidae)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/12104
… John R. Maxwell, 12 January, 2008 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Reminds us of Tom's
Snow Fly - Chionea valga see . Interesting!
… john and jane balaban, 12 January, 2008 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I missed the antenna problem with my suggestion.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 January, 2008 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
and check out
those strange halteres! What an unusual creature.
… john and jane balaban, 12 January, 2008 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for identifying this! Between the claspers (which made me think of earwigs), the long legs (which made me think it was a thread-legged bug or stilt bug), the head(which looked kind of fly-like or lacewing-like)and the lack of wings and antennae (which made most of the simpler ID keys useless)I didn't even know where to start. I had no idea that insects like this even existed, and I certainly wouldn't have twigged that it was a *crane fly*!
… Tim Eisele, 12 January, 2008 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

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