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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa
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Can anyone ID this. It looks like a Common Scorpionfly, but that seems unusual for Maryland. - Panorpa
Copyright © 2019 billblauvelt

Can anyone ID this. It looks like a Common Scorpionfly, but that seems unusual for Maryland. - Panorpa
Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland, USA
August 20, 2019
Size: About 1/2 inch
It is the leaf of a Rose of Sharon that is 1 1/4" wide.

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Can anyone ID this. It looks like a Common Scorpionfly, but that seems unusual for Maryland. - Panorpa Can anyone ID this. It looks like a Common Scorpionfly, but that seems unusual for Maryland. - Panorpa
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Contributed by billblauvelt on 20 August, 2019 - 4:00pm
Last updated 30 August, 2019 - 8:32am

Panorpa
not all that uncommon in Maryland; locally common in some places like Great Falls although they seem more abundant in some years than others. This one is a female.
… Steve Scholnick, 20 August, 2019 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
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