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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera)

Order Mecoptera - Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies

 
 
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Hangingflies · Snow Scorpionflies · Forcepflies · Common Scorpionflies · Short-faced Scorpionflies

Family Bittacidae - Hangingflies
BG889 C8069 - Bittacus pilicornis - female Hangfly or Scorpion fly- predating another insect, 3 images - Bittacus pilicornis Hangingfly - Bittacus strigosus Wingless Scorpionfly - Apterobittacus apterus - female 20170610-DSC_4098 - Hylobittacus apicalis Crane fly? - Apterobittacus apterus It looks like a Crane Fly, but.... - Bittacus Bittacus

Family Boreidae - Snow Scorpionflies
Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus brumalis - female Snow Scorpionfly - Boreus nivoriundus - male Male snow scorpionfly (Boreus nivoriundus) - Boreus nivoriundus - male Boreus nivoriundus - male Mid-winter Boreus - Boreus brumalis - male Boreidae: Boreus sp. - Boreus coloradensis - male Boreus brumalis - female Boreus brumalis - female

Family Meropeidae - Forcepflies
Forcepfly - Merope tuber - female Forecepfly - Merope tuber - female Forcepfly - Merope tuber - male Forcepfly - Merope tuber Pennsylvania Insect for ID - Merope tuber - male Forcepfly - Merope tuber Forcepfly - Merope tuber Merope tuber

Family Panorpidae - Common Scorpionflies
Scorpionfly - Panorpa - female Which Scorpionfly, please? - Panorpa Which Panorpa? - Panorpa - female Scorpion Fly - Panorpa - male Panorpa - Panorpa Scorpion Fly - Panorpa nuptialis Scorpionfly - Panorpa OH cu scfly - Panorpa

Family Panorpodidae - Short-faced Scorpionflies
Brachypanorpa sacajawea Byers - Brachypanorpa sacajawea - male Brachypanorpa? - Brachypanorpa oregonensis New male - Brachypanorpa oregonensis - male Brachpanorpa Female (from Oregon) - Brachypanorpa oregonensis - female Don't even know - Brachypanorpa sacajawea Another Scorpionfly? - Brachypanorpa carolinensis - female Brachypanorpa sp. - Brachypanorpa female Brachypanorpa - Brachypanorpa - female

 
 
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