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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa » americana species group (Panorpa americana species group) » Panorpa insolens
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Is this P.helena again? - Panorpa insolens - female
Copyright © 2008 john and jane balaban

Is this P.helena again? - Panorpa insolens - Female
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 6, 2008
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 December, 2008 - 10:09pm
Last updated 7 August, 2016 - 8:01pm

Moved
Moved from name to be changed soon.
… john and jane balaban, 7 August, 2016 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

This insect is Panorpa insole
This insect is Panorpa insolens (previously Panorpa helena). Don't you just love taxonomy! Sorry about doing that to you guys.

No not Panorpa galerita.
… Wes Bicha, 7 August, 2016 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
unnecessary comment
sorry
… john and jane balaban, 7 August, 2016 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Panorpa.
… john and jane balaban, 19 December, 2008 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

That's a tough one.
But I believe yes, it is helena. Galerita would have an even more irregular pattern of black spots on the wings. Americana, I think, has less amber color to the wings and more continuous spots. Everything else I can think of has more prominent dark wing veins throughout the wings.
… June Tveekrem, 7 December, 2008 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Great, Thanks, June
We'll move it momentarily. If you can really separate these guys, there are about four pages that could use your commentary here. Just click on Images and have at 'em. We'll move ones that you comment on. Thanks again!
… john and jane balaban, 7 December, 2008 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll try, but
I don't claim to be the world's expert on scorpion flies. I hadn't realized there are 54 species in North America! They've captured my imagination, so I'm trying to get my hands on some papers to help ID them. (Yes, I have checked the info page under panorpa in the guide.)
… June Tveekrem, 9 December, 2008 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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