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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Panorpa speciosa

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies)
Family Panorpidae (Common Scorpionflies)
Genus Panorpa
No Taxon (anomala species group)
Species speciosa (Panorpa speciosa)
Explanation of Names
Panorpa speciosa Carpenter 1931
Range
upper Midwest (IN-KY to WI-IA)(1)
Season
14 May--1 Nov, emergence bimodal (Jun, Sep; possibly two generations per year)(1)
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