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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Limoniini » Elephantomyia » Elephantomyia westwoodi
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Tipulid in the Mts. #2 - Elephantomyia westwoodi
Copyright © 2010 Erick Adams

Tipulid in the Mts. #2 - Elephantomyia westwoodi
Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, USA
July 2, 2010
Size: 7mm
Bernard Mountain South Face Trail.

I found this flying around a stand of Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) with mossy pools of standing water.

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Tipulid in the Mts. #2 - Elephantomyia westwoodi Tipulid in the Mts. #2 - Elephantomyia westwoodi Tipulid in the Mts. #2 - Elephantomyia westwoodi
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Contributed by Erick Adams on 9 July, 2010 - 8:20pm
Last updated 11 July, 2010 - 6:56pm

Moved
Moved from Tipulomorpha.
… Erick Adams, 11 July, 2010 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

Male crane fly
of Elephantomyia westwoodi . If you take a close look of the enlarge middle image, you will see the elongated mouthpart in front of the head. - Chen
… Chen Young, 11 July, 2010 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

 
That's crazy.
If I had known to look for that I would have shot it 3/4 to grab that feature. Very cool.
… Erick Adams, 11 July, 2010 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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