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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Bittacomorpha » Eastern Phantom Crane Fly (Bittacomorpha clavipes)
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Crane Fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes - female
Copyright © 2014 Lynn Murphy

Crane Fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes - Female
DNR Sturgeon River Sloughs Wildlife Area, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
August 17, 2013
This Crane Fly was among several that had and were mating on this day at 4:00 p.m. in a wetland area. They were
mating in a very small area in the grasses. The location is in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan near
Lake Superior. Does anyone know if they send out pheromones to attract females?
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Contributed by Lynn Murphy on 22 January, 2014 - 1:02pm
Last updated 22 January, 2014 - 3:01pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 22 January, 2014 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

Bittacomorpha clavipes?
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… John Rosenfeld, 22 January, 2014 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Phantom Crane Fly
Thank you John. They're absolutely exquisite. Lynn Murphy
… Lynn Murphy, 22 January, 2014 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
I only saw one once and it flew off before I could get a photo.
… John Rosenfeld, 22 January, 2014 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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