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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa » subfurcata species group (Panorpa subfurcata species group) » Panorpa carolinensis
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Scorpionfly - Panorpa carolinensis - female
Copyright © 2008 john and jane balaban

Scorpionfly - Panorpa carolinensis - Female
Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mtns NP, Swain County, North Carolina, USA
August 9, 2008
gathering_2008: There were numerous scorpionflies along the trail. This is one of the females. We don't know which species or even if all the ones we saw there were the same species.
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 August, 2008 - 5:00pm
Last updated 1 March, 2010 - 12:08pm

This is Panorpa carolinensis.
This is Panorpa carolinensis.
… Wes Bicha, 27 November, 2012 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome. thanks, Wes.
… v belov, 27 November, 2012 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

Norman Penny: "most likely Panorpa carolinensis...
"...but I must reiterate that study of the male genital bulb is necessary for definite identification."
[known from two conterminous states only, so you've managed to capture a real local specialty, J&J! =v=]

Moved from Panorpa.
… v belov, 1 March, 2010 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Tom's recent post
of P.subfurcata ??
… john and jane balaban, 14 August, 2008 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

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