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scorpionflies (male)

Panorpa claripennis

Photo by RiekoS
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Field Notes

Description:

Panorpa claripennis is an insect of the order of the scorpion flies (Mecoptera), family of the scorpion fly (Panorpidae). The scientific name of the species was first published by Hine valid in 1901.
The species occurs in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. -- From Wikipedia

Notes:

I attached a short vedio of this bug.

Species ID Suggestions

Scorpionfly

Mecoptera

Reference Link
FrancoCarrega
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Comments (19)
RiekoS
Thank you so much for the information Cindy. I now learned that this was not fly. It is so interesting.
CindyBinghamKeiser
Nice series Rieko! Despite the name, Scorpionflies are not flies. They belong to the order Mecoptera, not Diptera. I've removed this from the Flies! mission for you :)
RiekoS
@ bayucca: I was going to change to Panorpa latipennis and forgot to do it. Sorry... Attached is almot like what I spotted: Thank you so much again! https://www.google.com/search?q=Panorpa+claripennis&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=1HuiUc2gBrel4AONjIGgBQ&ved=0CEAQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=472#facrc=_&imgrc=qeCduyx88t7r-M%3A%3B0rS9ioKhM9XfSM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbugguide.net%252Fimages%252Fraw%252FXRCZXR0H4RRH8RSH5RBLIZZHQRFZKRCZ7RSHSZAL6R3ZYLULFLBL8RHHSR9LYLDZMR3ZFLFZ0RCZYL.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbugguide.net%252Fnode%252Fview%252F205844%252Fbgimage%3B560%3B560
bayucca
Did you know that I even hugged this crazy bug guy from Brazil ...:-)) Panorpa communis is an European species and not found in New York. I still tend to Panorpa latipennis or Panorpa claripennis. I would take Panorpa sp. As scientific name with adding these possibilities in the description section.
LaurenZarate
Yes Rieko, it is impossible not to love insects after seeing Sergio Monteiro's pictures from Brazil!
RiekoS
@LaurenZarate: Thank you very much for your kind comments. I was never interested in insects. Thanks to Mr. Monteiro. He made my little eyes wider to look further ;-)
RiekoS
Thank you very much bayucca. I see there are over 550 species, and as Jopy said, it is hard to determine which one I got.
bayucca
Panorpa sp., my closest guess would be Panorpa latipennis without being 100% sure. Personally I would go with Panorpa sp. http://bugguide.net/node/view/200139/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/164541/bgpage Another possibility could be Panorpa claripennis. http://bugguide.net/node/view/205844/bgpage
Jopy
@RiekoS, you are welcome! I tried to determinate the species, but it hard, they are all the same :D
bayucca
Yes, most probably a Panorpa sp. There are quite a lot of them around and separation is not easy from a picture. http://bugguide.net/node/view/9217/bgpage
RiekoS
@Jopy: Thank you very much for your kind comment and help . After you told me the name, I checked Wikipedia and I added the ID :-)
RiekoS
@FrancoCarrega: La ringrazio molto per il vostro aiuto. HO aggiunto ID
RiekoS
Yuko san (you are still awake!) Thank you so much for your nice comment.
Jopy
Panorpa sp., don't know which species occures in your area...
Jopy
beautiful video! this is some Scorpionfly, order Mecoptera, family Panorpidae..just a little help :D
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PublishedMay 26, 2013

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