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elmigger aalter, Belgium Jul 20, 2013

Hi, i was walking in the garden today when i noticed this tropical looking mosquito/fly sitting on a branch.. I have never seen this one before, can any of you help me identify it?

East flanders; Belgium

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 20, 2013

This is a scorpionfly (order Mecoptera) in the family Panorpidae - http://www.pbase.com/christl_herremans/image/85019215
They are predators on other small insects.

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elmigger aalter, Belgium Jul 21, 2013

Thanks Flapdoodle ;)

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