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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 » Snow Flies (Chionea) » Chionea valga
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male Snow Scorpionfly? - Chionea valga - male
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

male Snow Scorpionfly? - Chionea valga - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
February 14, 2006
Size: 3.5mm
Quite the claspers on this guy.

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Contributed by tom murray on 15 February, 2006 - 7:08pm
Last updated 16 February, 2006 - 3:40pm

Diptera: Tipulidae, Chionea sp.
Close, the winter cranefly genus. There is a good key for their identification, and of course males are preferred.
… Donald S. Chandler, 16 February, 2006 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Crane Fly
This is the strangest crane fly I've ever seen. Wingless and those huge hooks on the end of it's abdomen. Thanks for the identification.
… tom murray, 16 February, 2006 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

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