Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cranefly of sorts?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 07-10-2008 15:51
#1
Photographed at Scatsta Airport at the end of last year. Don't know how they manage to fly?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 07-10-2008 15:52
#2
Pic 2
Posted by ChrisR on 07-10-2008 16:43
#3
Looks teneral to me
Posted by Roger Thomason on 07-10-2008 17:08
#4
This wasn't a one-of. These things were everywhere.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-10-2008 18:27
#5
They don't fly, they walk.
Posted by kitenet on 08-10-2008 13:18
#6
There are a few brachypterous cranefly species in the UK, this one looks a good candidate for Tipula (Savtshenkia) pagana.
In Alan Stubbs' 1992 cranefly atlas there are records scattered througout Britain, inclduing one dot for Shetland ;)
Martin