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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
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Flying bug
Copyright © 2016 CAitken

Flying bug
Rossland, southeast BC, British Columbia, Canada
July 30, 2016
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Contributed by CAitken on 31 July, 2016 - 11:33am
Last updated 7 May, 2018 - 8:26am

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
… Even Dankowicz, 7 May, 2018 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 August, 2016 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Crane fly
did you include the legs in your size estimate? Only the body should be measured.
… Larry de March, 31 July, 2016 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Size
The approximation, as it flitted around was of the body only.
… CAitken, 31 July, 2016 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
size
The largest crane fly species in NA hits about 1.6" body size. It's better to leave the size field blank if yo don't know how big it is.
… Larry de March, 31 July, 2016 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

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