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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies and Allies (Mecoptera) » Hangingflies (Bittacidae) » Bittacus » Bittacus pilicornis
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Hanging Fly - Bittacus pilicornis
Copyright © 2006 Mr. Fox Two

Hanging Fly - Bittacus pilicornis
Saint Albans/Kanawha Terrace Mobile Home Park Skyview Drive, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
June 9, 2006
Habitat Eastern Woodlands/Porch roof
Time:2:54 AM
I was fortunate to see this hanging fly feeding on a moth, so hangingflies are predatory.

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Contributed by Mr. Fox Two on 10 June, 2006 - 8:37am
Last updated 27 January, 2008 - 4:17pm

Moved
Moved from Bittacus.
… Martin Hauser, 27 January, 2008 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

Not completely sure, but I th
Not completely sure, but I think this could be pilicornis
… Martin Hauser, 27 January, 2008 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

Hangingfly
This is actually not a cranefly, but a Hangingfly (Bittacidae, Mecoptera), thus the two pairs of wings. Great shot of a strange insect!
See:
-Sean McCann


triatoma.blogspot.com
… Sean McCann, 10 June, 2006 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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