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Crane Fly - probably Tipula (Yamatotipula)
caloptera
Adult female fly photographed June 2, 2005 at Winfield IL
USA.
This is the largest crane fly I've ever seen - easily 80 mm
wingspan, approx. 150 mm overall, including legs. No slouch flier, this
female, either - she took off like a bat out of hell when she'd had enough
of me. Just as the large Tipula dorsimacula I'd encountered only 50
feet from this spot last year, the tip of her abdomen was wet as
if she'd been ovipositing. Wish I could catch one in the act. |
