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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Limoniini
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Can anyone help me identify this?
Copyright © 2020 rtpace1

Can anyone help me identify this?
Vero Beach, FL, Indian River County, FL County, Florida, USA
July 28, 2020
On sweet almond (Aloysia virgata)
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Contributed by rtpace1 on 24 August, 2020 - 2:50pm
Last updated 7 September, 2020 - 5:05am

location data needs correction here and elsewhere
reads "Vero Beach, FL, Indian River County, FL County, Florida..."
… v belov, 20 June, 2023 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 7 September, 2020 - 5:05am login or register to post comments

Very cool find!
Probably a Limoniine cranefly but curious what others think.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/485291/bgpage
… Jonas Insinga, 24 August, 2020 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I was thinking it was in that
I was thinking it was in that family, but I did not see any photos with that coloration to get closer to genus or species. I think the extended mouthparts are due to it having just taken nectar from the sweet almond flowers?
… rtpace1, 25 August, 2020 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

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