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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Eriopterini » Snow Flies (Chionea)
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insect active in the snow - Chionea
Copyright © 2012 Rebecca Deatsman

insect active in the snow - Chionea
Tomahawk, Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA
February 14, 2012
Size: about 2 cm?
This insect surprised me this week - I found it walking on the surface on the snow on a below-freezing day. Is it anything special, being active in winter?
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Contributed by Rebecca Deatsman on 17 February, 2012 - 7:58pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 17 February, 2012 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Crane Fly, I think
Maybe something in/near Chionea:



Hold on to see if others agree.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 February, 2012 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Thanks! I did notice the halteres and figured it might be a fly, but I'd never heard of a wingless fly before. What an odd critter.
… Rebecca Deatsman, 17 February, 2012 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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