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Crane Fly

Nephrotoma appendiculata

Description:

Unknown insect

Habitat:

Spotted in a mountain range around 7500 ft height

Notes:

About an inch in size. Looks it has a damaged wing. But live. ID not known

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1 Comment

VaishaliKain
VaishaliKain 7 years ago

It is a crane fly from the family Tipulidae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

MahabaleshwaraB
Spotted by
MahabaleshwaraB

Himachal Pradesh, India

Spotted on Sep 4, 2016
Submitted on Sep 18, 2016

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