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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodinae) » Dark Fishflies (Nigronia) » Saw-combed Fishfly (Nigronia serricornis)
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black insect(s) with white-spotted black wings - Nigronia serricornis - male - female
Copyright © 2018 Jacqueline Donnelly

black insect(s) with white-spotted black wings - Nigronia serricornis - Male Female
Moreau, Saratoga County, New York, USA
June 17, 2018
Size: about 2 inches long
I saw what looked like a 4-winged black insect flopping about a sandy path. It wasn't until I looked at my photo I saw that this could be either two insects (one on top of the other) or one emerging in molt from the paler one beneath. Or could it be male and female copulating?
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Contributed by Jacqueline Donnelly on 18 June, 2018 - 9:24pm
Last updated 23 June, 2018 - 11:58pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 June, 2018 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Nigronia serricornis
Are these two Nigronias, male mating with female?
… Jacqueline Donnelly, 18 June, 2018 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like that to me
:)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 June, 2018 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

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