Speckled Short-palped Crane Fly
Female, Body
Speckled Short-palped Crane Fly
Female, Head, profile
| Speckled Short-palped Crane Fly Female, Body | | Speckled Short-palped Crane Fly Female, Head, profile | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Small Crane Fly (Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Speckled Short-palped Crane Fly (Conosia irrorata) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Female, Head, dorsal🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Spider Cranefly | ||||
Thank you Tony Daley for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~18mm long (head+body), ~60mm including legs which are ~15mm long each. The thin posterior indicates a female; an ovi-positor. There are other images that show a wider posterior that are male clasps. A native but also found overseas. They usually stand with their 4 front upper legs together, which then slay out. This makes their bodies look a lot bigger. | |||||
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