Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae
Posted by Flippie on 28-09-2019 09:53
#1
Photographed this crane fly this morning. Ballito coast, just north of Durban, KZN, South Africa.
Thanks. 3 Photos.
Photo 1:
Posted by Flippie on 28-09-2019 09:54
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Pic 2:
Posted by Flippie on 28-09-2019 09:55
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Pic 3:
Posted by clovis on 02-10-2019 14:11
#4
Genus is
Nephrotoma, can't help further.
Posted by Flippie on 02-10-2019 19:03
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Thank Clovis.
Posted by jfarr on 23-01-2020 15:51
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www.invertebratezoology.org has different descriptions of Nephrotoma. N.ferruginea is the first crane-fly ever identified.Yours may be that one.
Posted by John Carr on 23-01-2020 16:32
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This is not
Nephrotoma ferruginea, which is from North America and has a different dark pattern.
Posted by jfarr on 23-01-2020 17:22
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Then.Tiger Crane-fly for their region.