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Black Crane Fly - Nephrotoma altissima - female

Black Crane Fly - Nephrotoma altissima - Female
Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada
May 28, 2005
Size: 1.25 inches (approx.)
Last shot at this. When I disturbed her, she folded her wings over her back--like so, hiding most of the colour on her abdomen.

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Black Crane Fly - Nephrotoma altissima - female Black Crane Fly - Nephrotoma altissima - female Black Crane Fly - Nephrotoma altissima - female Black Crane Fly - Nephrotoma altissima - female

Moved
Moved from Tiger Crane Flies.

it's black alright
I can't help with ID, as I've never seen one like this before: so much black - and so shiny ...looks like it just crawled out of a tar pit.

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