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Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female
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Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - Male Female

Harmon Canyon Preserve, Ventura County, California, USA
April 15, 2024
Size: ~ 15 mm
Locally the most common crane fly.
Photos include female & male in copula and individuals.
Symplecta ?
Resembles S. pilipes except for details of wing venation.

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Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female Grayish crane fly with amber & blackish legs and gray-brown wings without stigma. - Dicranoptycha - male - female
Contributed by Emile on 19 December, 2024 - 7:38am
Last updated 19 December, 2024 - 9:47am

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