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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychoptera) » quadrifasciata species group (Ptychoptera quadrifasciata species group) » Ptychoptera quadrifasciata
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Crane fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata
Copyright © 2021 Madalene Murphy

Crane fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 28, 2021
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Contributed by Madalene Murphy on 5 August, 2021 - 9:22am
Last updated 19 August, 2024 - 7:00am

You can see now by looking at the line of blue text
across the top or by looking at the addition to your original title, that this fly has been identified to species for you. Click on the Info tab to learn more or the Images tab to see more.
… john and jane balaban, 19 August, 2024 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I misinterpreted what "moved from flies" meant. It is still a fly, but now a particular kind of fly. Thanks for the info and the ID!
… Madalene Murphy, 19 August, 2024 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

 
:)
… Bugologist1, 19 August, 2024 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Bugologist1, 19 August, 2024 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

 
Question
I am trying to figure out why this was moved. Is is not a fly? Is the photo not good enough for an ID? Just wondering.
… Madalene Murphy, 19 August, 2024 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

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