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

Order Mecoptera - Scorpionflies, Hangingflies and Allies

 
 
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Hangingflies · Snow Scorpionflies · Dinopanorpidae · Forcepflies · Common Scorpionflies

Family Bittacidae - Hangingflies
Hangingfly - Bittacus pilicornis - male BG889 C8069 - Bittacus pilicornis - female BG889 C8069 - Bittacus pilicornis - female Bittacus texanus Bittacus punctiger - female Species Bittacus strigosus - Bittacus strigosus Black-tipped Hangingfly - Hylobittacus apicalis Hangingfly

Family Boreidae - Snow Scorpionflies
Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - male Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - male Odd Bug - Boreus coloradensis - female Snow-born Boreus - Boreus nivoriundus - male Boreus species - Boreus - female

Family Dinopanorpidae

Family Meropeidae - Forcepflies
Merope tuber - Forcepsfly or Earwigfly - dorsal view - Merope tuber - male Merope tuber - Forcepsfly or Earwigfly - ventral 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 Mystery - Merope tuber Forcepfly - Merope tuber - female Forcepfly? - Merope tuber - male Merope tuber - male

Family Panorpidae - Common Scorpionflies
Panorpa nuptialis mating - Panorpa nuptialis - male - female 5008064 - Panorpa - female Scorpionfly - Panorpa acuta - female Panorpa claripennis - male We call it the Eekwalachinga Wasp - Panorpa Panorpa - Panorpa americana - male Florida Scorpionfly - Panorpa - male Scorpionfly - Panorpa sp. - Panorpa - male

 
 
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