Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Tipula lateralis or.......?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
This looks similar to Tipula lateralis, pics are hard to come by.

The wing veination is spot on, the abdomen pattern is not but is close,

http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/commanster/Insects/Flies/...

Bioimages has one showing the wings but the body is not visible, a tentative ID only. It is laying eggs in blanketweed algae, my bath thub has that in (the ornamental one!).

http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P5/P54688.php

Beringotipula subgenus, borealis species is what I came across in a search, the pic was taken at night but the markings on the abdomen look the same as mine, first pic on top row.

http://www.dpughphoto.com/flies.htm

Another image of Beringotipula borealis is different.

http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/image/48206349