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Yellow cranefly - Nephrotoma occipitalis
Copyright © 2008 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Yellow cranefly - Nephrotoma occipitalis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 1, 2008
Size: 12 mm approx
Found other similar images in Nephrotoma. I was inclined towards N. virescens (below left) but now I'm thinking maybe N. alterna (below right) is a better match? Will wait for Chen's opinion on species.


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Yellow cranefly - Nephrotoma occipitalis Yellow cranefly - detail of thorax - Nephrotoma occipitalis
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 1 July, 2008 - 8:58pm
Last updated 2 July, 2008 - 3:06pm

Moved
Moved from Tiger Crane Flies.
… Chen Young, 2 July, 2008 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nephrotoma virescens.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 July, 2008 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
This one is a male
of Nephrotoma occipitalis . It does not have the dark tip on the wing tips as Nephrotoma alterna. It looks like Nephrotoma virescens except it has a dark triangular mark between the eys, which is lacking in Nephrotoma virescens. Stephen Luk took a female image of this species earlier and I misidentified it as a Nephrotoma virescens. - Chen
… Chen Young, 2 July, 2008 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

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