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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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Tipulidae - Tipula abdominalis - male
Copyright © 2010 MJ Hatfield

Tipulidae - Tipula abdominalis - Male
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 16, 2010

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 31 December, 2010 - 6:38pm
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Tipulomorpha.
… MJ Hatfield, 17 March, 2011 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Giant eastern crane fly
...Tipula (Nippotipula) abdominalis, male.
… Matt Bertone, 17 March, 2011 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
It was so big as to be distinctive that I really wanted to know what it was. Much appreciated.
… MJ Hatfield, 17 March, 2011 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

 
This one is easy...
This is one of the easier Tipula to ID - they are large and have characteristic dark, velvety patches on the thorax, patterned wings and a bi-colored (orange/red & black) abdomen.
… Matt Bertone, 18 March, 2011 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
… MJ Hatfield, 1 January, 2011 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

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