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Limonia (Germanomyia) sp.
Small Crane Flies of about 3 mm in length mating. This species has a long proboscis for feeding on flowers.
Found each other at an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
This is the same species as in a previous spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/213...
Spotted on Apr 11, 2013
Submitted on Apr 12, 2013
2 Comments
Thank you Smith Zoo, I am fascinated with the Crane Flies with probosces, very neat.
Never seen this before! Thanks for sharing Lauren!