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Steve and Angus et al., I'm pretty sure this indeed is a CRANE FLY, but I don't like to call them "daddy-longlegs", because I reserve that name for arachnids called harvestmen, which of course are relatives of spiders, with 8 legs, no antennae nor wings, etc. Cheers from Jim ---------- From: Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:20:02 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Non-identified Critters Angus, The last one appears to be a large crane fly or daddy-longlegs (fly family Tipulidae) not a wasp, though halteres are not visible in the pic. Halteres are club-like, supposed balancer appendages, found in place of the hind wings that are present in other winged insects. True flies (Diptera) all carry a pair of halteres, meaning that you can always distinguish flies from the bees or wasps that some of them quite closely mimic (syrphid and stratiomyid flies in particular are good at this) -- just look for halteres. One other rarely encountered insect group has haltere-like front 'wings', but no other insect group has them in place of hindwings. Steve Quoting Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>: > A few species someone may be able to help me with: > ... > > What is this creature? It appears to have the abdomen of a wasp! > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/210500070/ > Thanks for any help. > Angus > > --
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