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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Tipulomorpha » Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipula » subgenus Arctotipula (Tipula subgenus Arctotipula) » Tipula williamsiana
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Crane Fly - Tipula williamsiana
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Schimming

Crane Fly - Tipula williamsiana
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 1, 2006
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 3 April, 2006 - 4:45pm
Last updated 19 July, 2008 - 10:38am

I have been
pondered on this image for quite a while and I think I am comfortable to say that this one is likely to be Tipula (Arctotipula) williamsiana . A large early spring species and my study have shown this species is very sensitive to the health of its larval habitat . It has not been recorded in your part of the country for sometime since its original described in 1940. Anyway, I believe the absence of record in the south is probably due to lack of collection, and your image shows that this species is still around. Tom Murray has also sent in an image earlier from Massachusetts . Thank you and GOOD NEWS! -Chen
… Chen Young, 30 June, 2006 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
that's very interesting.
… Lynette Schimming, 30 June, 2006 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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