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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Tipulomorpha » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Limonia » subgenus Geranomyia (Limonia subgenus Geranomyia) » Limonia communis
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Species Limonia communis - Limonia communis - male
Copyright © 2006 Bill Claff

Species Limonia communis - Limonia communis - Male
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 16, 2006
Very small and fast moving. Lucky to get this shot!

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Species Limonia communis - Limonia communis - male Species Limonia communis - Limonia communis - male
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Contributed by Bill Claff on 16 September, 2006 - 7:53pm
Last updated 22 September, 2006 - 5:00pm

Male crane fly
of Limonia communis . Check this for other related species in your area. - Chen
… Chen Young, 16 September, 2006 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Chen
Thanks for the confirmation and additional info.
… Bill Claff, 16 September, 2006 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

Nice proboscis!
Must be a nectar drinking cranefly! See
… john and jane balaban, 16 September, 2006 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Based on the images at subgenus Geranomyia it looks like 'Species Limonia communis' to my untrained eye, mostly because the wings don't have the dark bands of 'Species Limonia rostrata'.
… Bill Claff, 16 September, 2006 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

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