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Photo#134610
Scorpionfly - Panorpa - male

Scorpionfly - Panorpa - Male
Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
August 5, 2007
This gorgeous thing was shot in a field at the woods edge.

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Scorpionfly - Panorpa - male Scorpionfly - Panorpa - male

This is probably Panorpa conf
This is probably Panorpa confusa (previously P. rufescens) or possibly Panorpa debilis. Panorpa isolata has two submarginal spots.

scorpion fly
Panorpa isolata

 
Scorpionfly
Thanks a lot for the ID.

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