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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Sep 18, 2007

This critter sneaked in a window and is on the wall in my daughter's bedroom. She is none to happy about it. LOL

It's body is about 3" long and with it's legs about 6". That is a nail hole to it's left, for reference.

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Sep 18, 2007

Is it some type of crane fly?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 18, 2007

Definitely - there are a few giant-sized ones like that. Tipula abdominalis and T. longiventris are possibilities, but they're hard to identify, to me anyway

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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) Sep 18, 2007

I think you're on the righttrack with the crane fly, but there are lots to choose from. Here's a good link for PA crane flies: http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/tipulinae.htm



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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 19, 2007

Plenty more on here. Limonia species look like that but I don't know about the size.

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/craneflies_tipulidae

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yardqueen1948 Emory, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 19, 2007

Looks like a Texas Mosquito! LOL

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