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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Hexatomini » Epiphragma » Epiphragma fasciapenne

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Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Cranefly-Tipula? - Epiphragma fasciapenne

Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 25, 2007
Size: 1 inch approx

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 2 July, 2007 - 12:35pm

Yes, a Crane Fly.

This is a Epiphragma fasciapennis, a common woodland species. Nice find!

… Stephen Luk, 2 July, 2007 - 12:39pm

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Thanks! ^__^ (No matter how

Thanks! ^__^ (No matter how I try I can't get Crane Fly IDs. right)

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 2 July, 2007 - 1:23pm

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You're Welcome!

Crane Flies of the genus Epiphragma are quite distinctive because of the combination of wing mottling and banding on the legs. Once you get familiar with these, you'd recognize them instantly.
(BTW I forgot to point out that yours is a female - pointed abdomen. Males have blunt ones)

… Stephen Luk, 2 July, 2007 - 1:35pm

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Thanks for the info-I think I

Thanks for the info-I think I might have to go through some photos of crane flies now that I know this. ^__^

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 3 July, 2007 - 1:56am

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