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Tipulid

Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
March 10, 2007
Size: 20 mm

The spiracles... seems to be making a funny face... the brown blob is some feces it decided to share with me.

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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 March, 2007 - 5:22pm
Last updated 23 November, 2009 - 7:41pm

Moved

Moved from Tipula.

… Chen Young, 27 May, 2009 - 9:50am

Moved

Moved from larvae.

… v belov, 20 April, 2009 - 5:31pm

Moved

Moved from Crane Flies.

… v belov, 20 April, 2009 - 4:49pm

It's cute!

It reminds me of a dog, LOL.

… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 1 May, 2007 - 1:13pm

a

bulldog

… Omar Fahmy, 8 May, 2007 - 6:15am

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… Chen Young, 27 March, 2007 - 3:26pm

It looks like

could be in the Tipula (Lunatipula) or Tipula (Pterelachisus) groups. Check here ,also Gelhaus, J.K. 1986b. Larvae of the crane fly genus Tipula in North America (Diptera: Tipulidae). Kansas University Science Bulletin 53: 121-182. - Chen

… Chen Young, 10 March, 2007 - 11:18pm

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