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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa » debilis species group (Panorpa debilis species group) » Panorpa debilis

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Need ID - Panorpa debilis -

Beaver Lake Nature Center near Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York, USA
August 8, 2009

I found several of these near the edge of a mowed meadow between a hardwood and a red pine forest. I assumed some sort of borer with that elongated snout, but while the wings might be like those of some clearwing moth, the body is almost wasp-like. Help!

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Contributed by YMerriam on 9 August, 2009 - 8:16am
Last updated 27 November, 2012 - 9:43pm

Moved

Moved from Panorpa neglecta.

… v belov, 27 November, 2012 - 9:43pm

Based on the locality, season

Based on the locality, season, the lack of a submarginal spot, shape of the basal band, and well-defined thin wing markings this is likely Panorpa debilis.

… Wes Bicha, 27 November, 2012 - 9:14pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… YMerriam, 9 August, 2009 - 3:24pm

Scorpionfly

Thanks to all with such timely identification!

… YMerriam, 9 August, 2009 - 3:17pm

Not an ID

http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/cmw01/panwing.html
Maybe Panorpa hungerfordi ?

… John R. Maxwell, 9 August, 2009 - 9:00am

scorpionfly

I'm no expert, but check out scorpionfly (PANORPA).

… Terry Sincheff, 9 August, 2009 - 8:56am

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