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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipulinae » Tipula » subgenus Lunatipula (Tipula subgenus Lunatipula)
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unknown fly - Tipula
Copyright © 2008 GlenLandry

unknown fly - Tipula
Springfield, VA, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 1, 2008
Size: Body ~1"
I found this on a tree next to a mostly dry small stream in the woods.
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Contributed by GlenLandry on 24 June, 2008 - 8:58pm
Last updated 27 May, 2009 - 2:40pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Fungus-ridden Flies. All photos of fungus-ridden insects are being collected here; I'm moving those of known identity to their proper places.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 May, 2009 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

An educated guess -
perhaps a fungus-ridden crane-fly?

Update: glad to see Charley agrees with me : )
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 24 June, 2008 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Second
That fly won't be flyin' no more, I'm afraid. :C
… Jonas Insinga, 24 June, 2008 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
a crane fly that's been taken over by a fungus (BugGuide has a whole section devoted to fungus-ridden flies).
… Charley Eiseman, 24 June, 2008 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, a female
crane fly in the Tipula (Lunatipula) group that was hit by the Entomophthora fungus , scroll down to the section regarding this fungus. - Chen
… Chen Young, 25 June, 2008 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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