Giant Crane Fly

Tipula abdominalis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae

Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae. T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota.

Distribution

Giant Crane Fly — (c) Douglas Hooper, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Douglas Hooper · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,800Canada · 214

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Douglas Hooper, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Douglas Hooper · CC-BY DescriptionTipula abdominalis, Wikipedia contributors

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