Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipula 2021-vi-14 (= Tipula (Yamatotipula) jacobus)

Posted by John Carr on 14-06-2021 20:47
#1

I was attracted to a commotion as people tried to defend themselves from a giant mosquito.

Massachusetts, USA June 14, 2021.

Edited by John Carr on 28-06-2021 17:38

Posted by John Carr on 14-06-2021 20:48
#2

Genitalia

Posted by John Carr on 14-06-2021 20:49
#3

Wing and thorax

Posted by John Carr on 14-06-2021 20:50
#4

Lateral

Posted by John Carr on 28-06-2021 17:37
#5

ID as Tipula (Yamatotipula) cayuga or jacobus by Jon Gelhaus. Given that information Alexander's key says Tipula jacobus (stigma not darker than costal cell, veins brownish yellow, tergite of hypopygium without finger-like lobes).