Cranefly (Tipula lateralis)

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crimsontsavo Crossville, TN(Zone 7a) May 21, 2008

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Oct 09, 2008

crimsontsavo,

It has been suggested to me that your images of the Crane fly are not Tipula lateralis and are probably not in the genus Tipula at all.

Tipula lateralis is a European species, although it has spread to other countries, but does not appear to be recorded in USA.

Your cranefly may be a species of Nephrotoma: http://bugguide.net/node/view/12486/bgpage
, but I do not feel sure enough to record it as that.

Unless you are able to identify it as to species, I regret that I will have to delete your images from BugFiles,

Kennedy
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