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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies and Allies (Mecoptera)

Order Mecoptera - Scorpionflies, Hangingflies and Allies

Hangingflies · Snow Scorpionflies · Forcepflies · Common Scorpionflies · Dinopanorpidae

Family Bittacidae - Hangingflies
Mecoptera - Hylobittacus apicalis Hangingfly - Bittacus Bittacus chlorostigma mating - Bittacus chlorostigma - male - female Bittacus sp. - Bittacus - female Stanford, CA - Apterobittacus apterus cranefly - Bittacus - male Cranefly(?) ID Request - Bittacus strange legs

Family Boreidae - Snow Scorpionflies
Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - male Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus nivoriundus - male Snow Scorpion.

Family Meropeidae - Forcepflies
Merope tuber - Forcepsfly or Earwigfly - dorsal view - Merope tuber - male Neuropteran? Small lacewing size, but folds wings completely flat - Merope tuber - female Neuropteran? Small lacewing size, but folds wings completely flat - Merope tuber - female Neuropteran? Small lacewing size, but folds wings completely flat - Merope tuber - female Unidentified insect - Merope tuber Mystery - Merope tuber Merope tuber - male Forcepfly - Merope tuber - female

Family Panorpidae - Common Scorpionflies
Scorpionfly - Panorpa - female Colourful flying bug - Panorpa nuptialis - female Panorpa helena Byers - Panorpa helena - male Panorpa debilis - female Panorpa - male Scorpionfly -- ID request Panorpa - female Scoprion Fly > Panorpa luqubris - Panorpa lugubris - female

Family Dinopanorpidae
Fossil Dinokanaga andersonii (Extinct) - Dinokanaga andersoni Fossil Dinokanaga dowsonae SRIC 01 - Dinokanaga dowsonae


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