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Tiny Crane Flies Mating

Limonia (Germanomyia) sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Small Crane Flies of about 3 mm in length mating. This species has a long proboscis for feeding on flowers.

Habitat:

Found each other at an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

Notes:

This is the same species as in a previous spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21329019/fullscreen

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Comments (2)
LaurenZarate
Thank you Smith Zoo, I am fascinated with the Crane Flies with probosces, very neat.
Smith Zoo
Never seen this before! Thanks for sharing Lauren!

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PublishedApril 12, 2013

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