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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 Tipula (European Crane Flies) (Tipula subgenus Tipula (European Crane Flies)) » Marsh Crane Fly (Tipula oleracea)
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Female Tipula colei ? - Tipula oleracea
Copyright © 2012 Jeff Prayther

Female Tipula colei ? - Tipula oleracea
Canton , Wayne? County, Michigan, USA
April 14, 2012
Size: aprox 21 mm
I could not find an exact match to the wings on this one. It dose have wings with two anal veins but I really had a hard time matching it up with the two scoops in the outer edge of the wing as well as the blended vein pattern found in the darker spots on the wings.

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Female Tipula colei ? - Tipula oleracea Female Tipula colei ? - Tipula oleracea
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Contributed by Jeff Prayther on 15 April, 2012 - 1:07am
Last updated 1 June, 2012 - 8:06am

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
… Chen Young, 1 June, 2012 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
… John F. Carr, 15 April, 2012 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 April, 2012 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

Female Tipula
I agree. This is from Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America: "Often abundant and extremely diverse, they are impossible for anyone but an expert to identify beyond the family level." :) p. 276. Photos on p. 277
… S. Carter, 15 April, 2012 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

 
Tipula
I spent 4 hours identifying this one and am still not sure if it is correct. I wish I would have taken better pictures. Are you an expert by any chance?
… Jeff Prayther, 18 April, 2012 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Female crane fly
of recently recorded European crane flies , and probably is Tipula oleracea . Here is an On-line key for crane flies but usually need a male to do the job. - Chen
… Chen Young, 1 June, 2012 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

 
Tipula
Who, me? I have a hard time following the comments sometimes. If you are asking me, then, no, heaven's no!
… S. Carter, 18 April, 2012 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

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