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Indoors. Thanks to Boženka Hric (Serbia) for ID, and Dmitry Gavryushin (Russia) for confirmation.
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Ctenophora pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758), Søborg, Denmark, 21 June 2015
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3cm long body, plus legs and wings.
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Attracted to light at night
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Attracted to light at night
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Attracted to light at night
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Attracted to light at night
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Attracted to light at night
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Attracted to light at night
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This spectacular insect, though it appears to be a formidable wasp, is actually a crane fly. Apparently it bores into dead wood with that long ovipositor on the distal abdomen, to deposit eggs!
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breeding, adults apparently dont feed. Female is the brightly coloured orange and black one.
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breeding, adults apparently dont feed. Female is the brightly coloured orange and black one.
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breeding, adults apparently dont feed. Female is the brightly coloured orange and black one.