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scorpionflies (male)

Panorpa claripennis

Description:

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

Notes:

I attached a short vedio of this bug.

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Scorpionfly
Mecoptera Mecoptera - Wikipedia


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19 Comments

RiekoS
RiekoS 9 years ago

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 :)

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Thank you Jemma!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

wow Reiko!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

@ 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+...

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

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.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Yes Rieko, it is impossible not to love insects after seeing Sergio Monteiro's pictures from Brazil!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

@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 ;-)

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

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.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

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...

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Very striking scorpionfly. Love it's colors.

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

@RiekoS, you are welcome! I tried to determinate the species, but it hard, they are all the same :D

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

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...

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

@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 :-)

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

@FrancoCarrega: La ringrazio molto per il vostro aiuto. HO aggiunto ID

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Yuko san (you are still awake!) Thank you so much for your nice comment.

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

Panorpa sp., don't know which species occures in your area...

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

beautiful video! this is some Scorpionfly, order Mecoptera, family Panorpidae..just a little help :D

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 10 years ago

Beautiful bug and nice video!

RiekoS
Spotted by
RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on May 26, 2013
Submitted on May 26, 2013

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