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Is this a moth or what we call in the south skeetereaters? - Nephrotoma
Copyright © 2009 Miss Andrea

Is this a moth or what we call in the south skeetereaters? - Nephrotoma
Memphis-my front yard, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
September 20, 2009
I saw this one the porch this evening while photographing moths, as usual. Is this a moth, or is this what I call a skeeter-eater? The droplets on it's hind legs-are those eggs? Is so, she was laying eggs on the bricks of my porch.

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Is this a moth or what we call in the south skeetereaters? - Nephrotoma Moth or Insect Eater - Nephrotoma
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Contributed by Miss Andrea on 20 September, 2009 - 9:41pm
Last updated 14 October, 2009 - 4:27pm

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
… Chen Young, 14 October, 2009 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

"Droplets"
I think you're referring to its halteres, which are vestigial wings--other insects have four wings, but flies have two plus the halteres.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 September, 2009 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

a cranefly
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… v belov, 20 September, 2009 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Female crane fly
in the genus Nephrotoma . - Chen
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