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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae)
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Crane fly Larvae
Copyright © 2006 Omar Fahmy

Crane fly Larvae
Wakefield, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
April 6, 2006
great digger. i didn't see any visible legs.
ID courtesy of Chen Young

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Contributed by Omar Fahmy on 6 April, 2006 - 11:03am
Last updated 6 April, 2006 - 10:35pm

Sure it's not
Scenopinidae/Therevidae? Head looks pretty everted and conical...
… Matt Bertone, 27 September, 2020 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
You are right
The distinctive cranial rod of Scenopinidae/Therevidae is visible on the picture.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 9 April, 2021 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

Larva of crane fly
in the Limoniinae group - Chen
… Chen Young, 6 April, 2006 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome
i always thought crane fly larvae was aquatic...until today that is
… Omar Fahmy, 6 April, 2006 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Here
is some more info on lavae of crane flies to share - Chen
… Chen Young, 6 April, 2006 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
so i wasnt completely wrong
some crane fly larvae ARE aquatic.

also you saw the fat gray larvae under the larvae section? thats a cranefly larvae too?
… Omar Fahmy, 6 April, 2006 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
another terrestrial crane fly larva of Tipulinae - Chen
… Chen Young, 6 April, 2006 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
i saw one like that today on
i saw one like that today on a rock too. none of the pics i took of it were clear. i thought it was a wasp larvae of some sort
… Omar Fahmy, 6 April, 2006 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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