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Scorpionfly

Panorpa communis

Photo by Benno Ibold
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Field Notes

Description:

Crane fly

Habitat:

Small pond in a garden

Species ID Suggestions

Common Scorpionfly

Panorpa communis

Comments (6)

Welcome to Project Noah, BennoIbold Very nice spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
Thx bayucca and Jopy for your help and sharing your knowledge.
Hi, very nice spotting, but I have to correct you, this is not Crane fly, it's Scorpionfly... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpionfly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorpa
Welcome Uncle ben! what a sharp and nice spotting :)
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PublishedJuly 23, 2013

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