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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Hairy-eyed Crane Flies (Pediciidae) » Dicranota » Dicranota maculata
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Pediciid Crane Fly - Dicranota maculata - male
Copyright © 2009 Kevin Hall

Pediciid Crane Fly - Dicranota maculata - Male
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
May 16, 2009
By the time I tried to move around for a more dorsal shot, it was long gone... :(
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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 17 May, 2009 - 7:00pm
Last updated 26 November, 2010 - 11:40am

Moved
Moved from Tipulomorpha.
… Chen Young, 22 November, 2010 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 21 December, 2009 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Insect
Among the arthropods, only insects have wings. As for ID, it's no doubt a Crane Fly, Order Diptera Infraorder Tipulimorpha. Best to wait to see if our fly experts can take it any further.
… Chuck Entz, 17 May, 2009 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

 
insect, indeed
I was just so thrown by it, I jumped all the way back to arthropod!! :)

Six legs, wings, d'oh!

Head doesn't look right for a Crane Fly. I'll wait for Chen on that one though. Body looks midge-ish, but again, the head doesn't look right.
… Kevin Hall, 17 May, 2009 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Good point
Maybe something along the lines of:
?
… Chuck Entz, 17 May, 2009 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmmm... not bad
Now I wish I'd gotten that dorsal shot even more!! I'll have to do some more traipsing through the woods behind my house over the next few weeks. I have a feeling there are a few more surprises to be found.
… Kevin Hall, 17 May, 2009 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

 
male crane fly
of Dicranota maculata . - Chen
… Chen Young, 22 November, 2010 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

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