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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Hairy-eyed Crane Flies (Pediciidae) » Pedicia » subgenus Pedicia (Pedicia subgenus Pedicia) » albivitta or goldsworthyi (Pedicia albivitta or goldsworthyi)
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Unusual Crane fly - Pedicia - female
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Durrenberger

Unusual Crane fly - Pedicia - Female
Hurricane, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA
September 17, 2007
Size: 2 3/4 inches (leg spread)
Rarely would I call a Crane fly spectacular, but this one earns that distinction. I've never seen anything like it before. I'd love to know the species. I presume it is a female, based upon what appears to be an ovipositor on the distal abdomen.

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Contributed by Stephen Durrenberger on 18 September, 2007 - 12:12am
Last updated 9 June, 2019 - 10:23am

Moved
Moved from Giant Eastern Crane Fly.
… John F. Carr, 9 June, 2019 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

Great looking insect
On another note, I lived in Scott Depot for several years back in the late 90s. I miss the leaves at the New River Gorge.
… Anthony Magee, 18 September, 2007 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Giant Eastern Crane Fly
see here in guide.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 September, 2007 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

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