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Tipula trivittata? - Tipula trivittata - male

Tipula trivittata? - Tipula trivittata - Male
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 13, 2006
Size: ~15 mm

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Tipula trivittata? - Tipula trivittata - male Tipula trivittata? - Tipula trivittata - male

This image shows
a male that still has part of a female genitalia attached to his tail end. The pointed part is the upper part of the female's ovipositor. Was this male in coupulaton before the image taken? - Chen

 
Not getting jiggy with it...
I wondered what that was Chen, so glad you cleared that mystery up. This male was as I found him in the morning on our porch near our lights...

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