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Red Bug with Tiger Striped Wings - Panorpa nuptialis

Red Bug with Tiger Striped Wings - Panorpa nuptialis
Lewisville, near Dallas, Denton County, Texas, USA
November 18, 2012
Size: About 1 inch long
I have never seen bugs like this before. They appeared to be feeding on animal droppings. The droppings may have contained some kind of undigested fruit material (possible wild grapes).

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Scorpionflies
Maybe Panorpa nuptialis...



...or a close relative.

 
P. nuptialis indeed.
There isn't anything else here in our region with those distinct heavily banded wings.