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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipulinae » Tipula » subgenus Nippotipula (Tipula subgenus Nippotipula) » Giant Crane Fly (Tipula abdominalis)
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whatis this larvae of? - Tipula abdominalis
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

whatis this larvae of? - Tipula abdominalis
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 30, 2006
Size: Approx 1 to 1 &1/2 inches
Found in cold mountain stream. The salamanders are Dusky Salamanders BTW. Sorry they got into the photo but I wanted to show it in the water with what looks like "gills" sticking out the hind end. (also-there are other larvae in the shot-can you tell what they are, too?)

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 4 April, 2006 - 3:49pm
Last updated 6 April, 2006 - 7:54am

By the way...
What species are the Salamanders? I think I have an idea but I'm not 100% sure.
… Andy Varsho, 4 April, 2006 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Northern Dusky Salamanders ^_
Northern Dusky Salamanders ^_^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 4 April, 2006 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thought so
I just couldnt see the white line by the eye.
… Andy Varsho, 5 April, 2006 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

 
Not all the Northern Duskies
Not all the Northern Duskies have that marking-apparently-not here anyway. (so much for my field guides-LOL)I have a tough time telling the Northerns from the Mountains so I sent the photos to Dr. A. Hulse to ID

http://pawild.net/home/show_gallery.php?cat_id=63
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 6 April, 2006 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

Crane Fly
Family Tipulidae and I belive the genus Tipula. Pleace correct me if I'm wrong.
… Andy Varsho, 4 April, 2006 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
It is a crane fly larva, and very likely to be in the genus Tipula. For detailed id, it would need to look at the spiracular area to study the numbers of lobes and gills. Here are some samples - Chen
… Chen Young, 4 April, 2006 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow-I would not have expected
Wow-I would not have expected that to be the answer. They must be one of the larger species. I didn't get a "close-up" or really examine it closely-as it looked as though it might bite.

It never swam for me but rather it crept along the bottom of the tank and when I caught it-it crept like a caterpillar.

They seem fairly common-although-I'm not sure if they are all the same species. (not now anyway)

Would it help if I took the original image which is much larger and cropped it so it's bigger? (taking out the salamanders-they helped me show size more than anything else-the larger one being about 5 inches)

I'll find the originals and post them bigger.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 4 April, 2006 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

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