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Scorpionfly

Description:

About 2 cm

Notes:

Panorpidae

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7 Comments

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Good luck for that :)

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

Half way up the volcano, 10Km NE of me. I will be looking out for this one.

I have just moved back to Ciwaruga, but have been living in Cijengkol for the last 5 months (1,000m). I found the insect population quite sparse. How was it at Cikole, as that is ,1500m

Dave

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

I found this near your area, Cikole.. :)

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

I have photographed this in the UK, had no idea that they existed over here in Bandung.

Dave

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Thanks Agustín!

Agustín Amenabar L
Agustín Amenabar L 10 years ago

I was joking, but they actually are know with that name! (also as scorpionflies) It's a whole family of flies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorpidae
Great spoting

Agustín Amenabar L
Agustín Amenabar L 10 years ago

This is some bizarre looking ... Scorpion mosquito

Jason Alexander
Spotted by
Jason Alexander

Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Spotted on Aug 13, 2013
Submitted on Aug 15, 2013

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