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scorpion-fly

Panorpa germanica, female (panorpa communis)

Photo by AlexKonig
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Field Notes

Notes:

i had disturbed him by stealing food out of an spider-web

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Mecoptera
Family:Panorpidae
Genus:Panorpa
Species:P. communis

Reference Links:

Panorpa communis, http://www.google.nl/search?um=1&hl=nl&safe=off&biw=1108&bih=576&tbm=isch&sa=1&…

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Comments (5)
AlexKonig
is it so completly right. we dont want to give the people a wrong info. thanks-lori
lori.tas
Panorpa germanica, female: http://keithtalbot.co.uk/p509939854/h22b952a9#h22b952a9
AlexKonig
thanks again, he was of one of the pictures from google images, i'm sure. you're again right.
lori.tas
It's a type of scorpion fly, but I'm not sure which one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecoptera
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2011

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