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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipulinae » Tipula » subgenus Triplicitipula (Tipula subgenus Triplicitipula) » Tipula colei
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Crane fly - Tipula colei - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Crane fly - Tipula colei - Male Female
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
April 20, 2007
Size: 2 - 3 cm
Mating pair of my current crop of crane flies. I arrived at Tipula (Triplicitipula) colei as my guess. Fairly strong fliers, both male and female, which makes them difficult to image. During conjugatioin they were less mobile with the female basicly hanging passively during flight. She recovered soon after separation though.

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Contributed by Steve Scott on 20 April, 2007 - 12:40pm
Last updated 24 April, 2007 - 7:34am

A mating pair
of Tipula (Triplicitipula) colei . Another spring species found in edges of wooded areas and grass field. More info here . - Chen
… Chen Young, 24 April, 2007 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from subgenus Triplicitipula.
… Chen Young, 24 April, 2007 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

Male images
are here.
… Steve Scott, 20 April, 2007 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

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