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Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus nivoriundus -

Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 28, 2008
Size: 3mm

This appears to have the black rings at each leg joint, so it looks like I finally found one that isn't B. brunalis.

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Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus nivoriundus - male

Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus nivoriundus - male

Contributed by tom murray on 28 January, 2008 - 9:55pm
Last updated 28 February, 2023 - 2:32pm

Awesome pic of a amazing inse

Awesome pic of a amazing insect. If you see them like this, you can really imagine that these might be the closest living relatives to the fleas..

… Martin Hauser, 29 January, 2008 - 8:36am

Thanks Martin

I didn't know they were close relatives to fleas, but it make sense the way they look, and the way they jump like a flea.

… tom murray, 30 January, 2008 - 4:54pm

It just came out a few years

It just came out a few years ago... before Entomologists thought that the fleas are closer related with flies... but DNA and also chemical studies placed the Boreidae as the sister of all fleas..But then the Mecoptera also gave rise to the Diptera (it is not completely by chances that Bittacus and Tipula look relatively similar)...
But your Boreus pic is the best I ever saw of this group! Congratulations (again)!

… Martin Hauser, 30 January, 2008 - 5:41pm

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