Summary[edit] Description: Deutsch: Riesenschnake ist eine Mücke aus der Familie der Tipulidae English: Nephrotoma cf. scurra (Meigen, 1818) is a species in the family Tipulidae. Date: 17 May 2015, 15:38:59. Source: Own work. Author: Fischer.H.
Summary[edit] Description: Tipula metacomet. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA. No kidding, these are gigantic. It looks like this is a mate guarding situation. The lower individual is the male. His middle legs are loosely wrapped around the female. Not sure if he is waiting for her to become receptive or if he already had a go and is guarding his investment. Date: 3 September 2016, 11:58. Source: Giant Crane Flies. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location38° 58′ 18.85″ N, 77° 02′ 23.79″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 38.971904; -77.039941.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Fig 1. Elephantomyia (E.) baltica [8], No. 282 (male), holotype: A. antenna; B. apical part of rostrum with maxillary palps; C. wing venation; D. relation between the wing (w), rostrum (r), and abdomen (ab) lengths. Abbreviations: clyp—clypeus, lbl—labellum, mxp—maxillary palps, ped—pedicel, scp—scape. Date: 23 February 2015. Source: (2015). "Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860". PLoS ONE 10 (2): 1-25. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434. Author: Iwona Kania.