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Cranefly

Tipula Paludosa

Description:

a large crane fly, gray in color with a slightly greenish tint, long fragile legs, and short antenna. and, as most crane flies do, it flew with a kind of clumsiness, bumping into everything.

Habitat:

found on my porch at night, near the porch light, weather cool, skies clear.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Telse
Telse 11 years ago
Cranefly
Tipula Paludosa Crane fly


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6 Comments

Ihazapughappy
Ihazapughappy 11 years ago

Thanks everyone :)

Telse
Telse 11 years ago

Nice specimen Ihazapughappy!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

cool Ihaz!!

CDville3
CDville3 11 years ago

Yes, a crane fly, but frightening children everywhere by appearing as a mosquito big enough to drink all your blood!

Ihazapughappy
Ihazapughappy 11 years ago

This is a crane fly, I am pretty sure of that.

Jellyfishnebula
Jellyfishnebula 11 years ago

Maybe some kind of May fly?

Ihazapughappy
Spotted by
Ihazapughappy

Louisiana, USA

Spotted on Jan 28, 2013
Submitted on Jan 29, 2013

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