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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 Nippotipula (Tipula subgenus Nippotipula) » Giant Crane Fly (Tipula abdominalis)
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Giant Crane Fly - Tipula abdominalis - Tipula abdominalis - female
Copyright © 2015 James Tyler Bell

Giant Crane Fly - Tipula abdominalis - Tipula abdominalis - Female
Edgewater/SERC, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
October 15, 2015
Size: 5-6 cm
I believe that this is a Giant Crane Fly. Can you confirm? Thanks!
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Contributed by James Tyler Bell on 15 October, 2015 - 2:57pm
Last updated 31 July, 2017 - 6:11pm

Moved
Moved from Large Crane Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 May, 2017 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Giant Crane Fly - Tipula abdominalis
Identification of Tipula abdominalis confirmed based on size, wing and leg pattern.
… Jon Gelhaus, 25 May, 2017 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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