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female
Gemeine Skorpionsfliege
:Insecta
Order:Mecoptera
Family:Panorpidae
Genus:
The common scorpionfly has a black and yellow body, with a reddish head and ...
Female in picture
1.5 inches long, landing on ground cover plants,
Wingspan approx 35 mm. I patterned wings and sturdy beak - there are 3 species ...
Has bigger spots on his wings than the German Scorpionfly
This sideshot shows pretty well why this genus is called Scorpionflies.
About 10mm long, harmless to people they live off plant phloem and dead insects.
Scorpion flies normally eat dead insects (although they sometimes eat live ...
Female. Males exhibit a pair of claspers at the end of their abdomen (to hold ...
The common scorpionfly has a black and yellow body, with a reddish head and ...
Last of the 3 different species of scorpion fly spotted today.
-like tail is only seen in the male and is in fact its genitalia and doesn't ...
