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Tipula oleracea

Tipula oleracea

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae

The marsh crane fly (Tipula oleracea) is a species of cranefly found throughout the Palaearctic and parts of the Nearctic. Its specific name oleracea means "related to vegetables/herbs" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus). Technical description A usually greyish species, but abdomen occasionally ferruginous and often with a blackish median and/or lateral longitudinal stripe.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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