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limoniid crane fly - Erioptera vespertina - male
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limoniid crane fly - Erioptera vespertina - Male
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 8, 2014
Size: 4.5 mm wing length
Found on Common Winterberry (Ilex verticillata).
Cecidomyiidae?

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limoniid crane fly - Erioptera vespertina - male limoniid crane fly - Erioptera vespertina - male
Contributed by Bill Keim on 10 July, 2014 - 3:53pm
Last updated 27 July, 2022 - 2:16pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Erioptera.

ID courtesy of Even Dankowicz:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2493852.
… Bill Keim, 27 July, 2022 - 2:16pm

Moved
Moved from Limoniid Crane Flies.
… John F. Carr, 9 February, 2019 - 7:29pm

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
I think this might be Erioptera, based on similarity to:
… Bill Keim, 21 December, 2015 - 7:28am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 10 July, 2014 - 4:54pm

 
Thanks John--I seem to be hop
Thanks John--I seem to be hopeless with flies!
… Bill Keim, 10 July, 2014 - 5:09pm

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