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Hanging fly

harpobittacus nigriceps

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5 Comments

lori.tas
lori.tas 10 years ago

Dhirendra, no Luis was right with it being a crane fly. I thought it had two sets of wings, and no halteres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halteres). But with the photo you've recently added, I can see that it has one set of wings, and a pair of halteres. Maybe this spotting of mine will help you see the difference: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/495...

Dhiren
Dhiren 10 years ago

Iori, is it Scorpion fly?? i think it most similar to Crane fly.. isn't it?

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thanks lori.tas.

lori.tas
lori.tas 10 years ago

Luis, I'm more inclined toward it being a scorpion fly - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_fl.... I think I can see both sets of wings, while a crane fly's second set of wings are modified into halteres.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

It looks like a Crane fly. Do you have a complete body shot?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

Dhiren
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Dhiren

Kathmandu, Madhyamanchal, Nepal

Spotted on Oct 29, 2013
Submitted on Oct 29, 2013

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