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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Ctenophorinae » Ctenophora » Ctenophora apicata
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Scorpionfly? - Ctenophora apicata
Copyright © 2004 Dave Pelletier

Scorpionfly? - Ctenophora apicata
Connecticut, USA
I have been looking for this ID for over a year now. Can't find an image anywhere. At first I thought it was a cranefly sp. Beak in front reminds me of a Scorpionfly, a little. Anyone seen these before?
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Contributed by Dave Pelletier on 27 August, 2004 - 12:12pm
Last updated 14 June, 2012 - 10:17pm

Moved
Moved from Ctenophora.
… Chen Young, 14 June, 2012 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

Wood-boring crane fly
This IS a cranefly, probably a male Ctenophora sp. Can tell it is a male by the bulbous end of the abdomen, and, in this particular genus, the comb-like (pectinate) antennae. Very atypical for crane flies in that the legs are proportionately much shorter.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 August, 2004 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Cranefly
Thanks Eric. Sure glad that I found you guys. This site makes an amateur's life easier. Dave P.
… Dave Pelletier, 27 August, 2004 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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