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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Pygmy Phantom Crane Flies (Bittacomorphella)
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Bittacomorphella in Oregon? - Bittacomorphella
Copyright © 2013 Peter A. Clausen

Bittacomorphella in Oregon? - Bittacomorphella
Sherwood, Washington County, Oregon, USA
May 4, 2013
Very common near the still-water stream in my backyard. They have one of the slowest flights of any insect I've seen. It's as if their wings barely carry them and their long legs create a lot of drag. I started seeing them in April, but this one was collected on 5/4.

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Contributed by Peter A. Clausen on 31 May, 2013 - 2:32am
Last updated 1 June, 2013 - 11:39am

Bittacomorphella
Must be fenderiana or furcata, I think it's most likely the latter.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 9 January, 2022 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much, Zachary!
Thank you very much, Zachary! I've moved to Arizona now, since taking the photos, and so they are but a memory.
… Peter A. Clausen, 11 January, 2022 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bittacomorpha occidentalis.
… John F. Carr, 1 June, 2013 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

Bittacomorphella?
I don't see the swollen first tarsomeres of Bittacomorpha.
… John F. Carr, 31 May, 2013 - 7:29am login or register to post comments

 
Oh, I hope so! None of the sp
Oh, I hope so! None of the specimens I find have that thickened area in the legs. I didn't realize there was more than one genus. Thanks! I will re-title my photo to your subtitle and anxiously await further comments.
… Peter A. Clausen, 31 May, 2013 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

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