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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Eriopterini » Erioptera » subgenus Erioptera (Erioptera subgenus Erioptera) » chlorophylla species group (Erioptera chlorophylla species group) » Erioptera chlorophylla
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Pretty Sure It's Erioptera chlorophylla - Erioptera chlorophylla - female
Copyright © 2009 Mardon Erbland

Pretty Sure It's Erioptera chlorophylla - Erioptera chlorophylla - Female
47.63047N 52.68743W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 1, 2009
Size: 9mm head to wing tips
I'm fairly confident this is Erioptera chlorophylla but I wondered if it's possible to tell the sex? Came to a white pourch light on our patio at night.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 2 August, 2009 - 6:45am
Last updated 5 August, 2009 - 8:50am

Moved
Moved from Tipulomorpha.
… Chen Young, 5 August, 2009 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

Yes, it is
Eriptera chlorophylla and a female. Here is some information as regard to How to sex the crane flies . Scroll down and see the images of the differences between male and female in two different species of crane flies. - Chen
… Chen Young, 5 August, 2009 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Crane flies can go directly to Tipulomorpha; the V-shaped suture in the thorax makes this a crane fly.
… John F. Carr, 2 August, 2009 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

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