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Cranefly carrying Pseudoscorpion

Epiphragma fasciapenne

Photo by Ingrid3
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41.0534, -73.5387

Field Notes

Habitat:

Wall of a house.

Notes:

The Pseudoscorpion is attached to the base of a hinde leg! This is phoresy, or hitch hiking, invertebrates move around this way intentionally. The cranefly is not negatively affected by this species as far as i know.
In symbiotic terms this relationship would be scored as +/0 or one gains and the other is not effected (other than the extra energy of ferrying around the traveler!)

Reference Links:

Crane Fly - Epiphragma fasciapenne

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Maniacval
Hi Ingrid I think it's Epiphragma fasciapenne family Limoniidae (I'm sorry problems with jaba...) Greets

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