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scorpion-fly

Panorpa germanica, female (panorpa communis)

Notes:

i had disturbed him by stealing food out of an spider-web Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda Class:Insecta Order:Mecoptera Family:Panorpidae Genus:Panorpa Species:P. communis

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5 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Incredible!

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

is it so completly right. we dont want to give the people a wrong info. thanks-lori

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Panorpa germanica, female: http://keithtalbot.co.uk/p509939854/h22b...

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

thanks again, he was of one of the pictures from google images, i'm sure. you're again right.

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

It's a type of scorpion fly, but I'm not sure which one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecoptera

AlexKonig
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AlexKonig

Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands

Spotted on Sep 10, 2011
Submitted on Sep 10, 2011

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