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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Limoniini » Limonia » subgenus Discobola (Limonia subgenus Discobola) » Limonia annulata
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Crane Fly - Limonia annulata
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Crane Fly - Limonia annulata
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 6, 2006
Is this Limonia cinctipes?
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Contributed by tom murray on 7 October, 2006 - 10:01am
Last updated 19 October, 2006 - 3:52pm

Moved
Thanks Stephen and Chen!
… tom murray, 19 October, 2006 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Hey Tom,
I recently photographed a very similar-looking Limoniid Crane Fly which Chen Young identified as Limonia annulata; it looks very much like yours!
… Stephen Luk, 7 October, 2006 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Stephen
It does look a lot like yours, but these can be tricky, so I'll wait for Chen to comment. Thanks.
… tom murray, 7 October, 2006 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Stephen got it right
it is a Limonia annulata. Stephen's image was a newly emerged teneral female, yours is a mature one. - Chen
… Chen Young, 19 October, 2006 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

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