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Panorpa claripennis
Panorpa claripennis is an insect of the order of the scorpion flies (Mecoptera), family of the scorpion fly (Panorpidae). The scientific name of the species was first published by Hine valid in 1901. The species occurs in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. -- From Wikipedia
I attached a short vedio of this bug.
Thank you so much for the information Cindy. I now learned that this was not fly. It is so interesting.
Nice series Rieko! Despite the name, Scorpionflies are not flies. They belong to the order Mecoptera, not Diptera. I've removed this from the Flies! mission for you :)
@ bayucca: I was going to change to Panorpa latipennis and forgot to do it. Sorry... Attached is almot like what I spotted: Thank you so much again! https://www.google.com/search?q=Panorpa+...
Did you know that I even hugged this crazy bug guy from Brazil ...:-))
Panorpa communis is an European species and not found in New York. I still tend to Panorpa latipennis or Panorpa claripennis. I would take Panorpa sp. As scientific name with adding these possibilities in the description section.
Yes Rieko, it is impossible not to love insects after seeing Sergio Monteiro's pictures from Brazil!
@LaurenZarate: Thank you very much for your kind comments. I was never interested in insects. Thanks to Mr. Monteiro. He made my little eyes wider to look further ;-)
Thank you very much bayucca. I see there are over 550 species, and as Jopy said, it is hard to determine which one I got.
Panorpa sp., my closest guess would be Panorpa latipennis without being 100% sure. Personally I would go with Panorpa sp.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/200139/bgp...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/164541/bgp...
Another possibility could be Panorpa claripennis.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/205844/bgp...
@RiekoS, you are welcome! I tried to determinate the species, but it hard, they are all the same :D
Yes, most probably a Panorpa sp. There are quite a lot of them around and separation is not easy from a picture.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9217/bgpag...
@Jopy: Thank you very much for your kind comment and help . After you told me the name, I checked Wikipedia and I added the ID :-)
beautiful video! this is some Scorpionfly, order Mecoptera, family Panorpidae..just a little help :D