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Feeding(?) on Melicytus macrophyllus
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Feeding(?) on Melicytus macrophyllus
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Many crane flies feeding on native bush beside the access road.
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Many crane flies feeding on native bush beside the access road.
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A type of crane fly, found inside a building after it flew through a window. ãã¤ããã½ã¬ã¬ã³ã
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Lots of these around at the moment.
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in red beech forest
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Nephrotoma submaculosa, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 May 2013
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Nephrotoma submaculosa, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 May 2013
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Nephrotoma submaculosa, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 May 2013
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Nephrotoma submaculosa, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 May 2013
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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!