Common Scorpionfly

I need some help identifying this one. It seems to have features of wasp, mosquito, yet has a strange snout and long antennae. It's a few cm in size and moves relatively slow. Any ideas?

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Ludo Sak

Lion

Yep, I've shot it a while ago, it has a very distinct tail like a scorpio. One sec, I'll look up my archives:) Thw wings are the same, though this one seems a bit younger (not that black a body). Posted 13 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Ludo, I had a look at a few reference images and found a true match in the scorpion fly. Thanks for the help! Posted 13 years ago
2. 1. Ludo Sak
    
    Lion
    
    Great, glad to be of service:) Posted 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

I'd say on the look of it, and wing patern, it is a Scorpionfly? Did you notice the tail? I only see a part of it in this shot.

It did have a long 'snout', very long antenae, stange rib look-alike structure on its torso bottom
Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago

Pudding4brains

Lion

It's hard to "proof" as pertinent details can not be seen, but to me this should be a male cognata. I'll change the ID to that... Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for the correction work! I think we have several scorpionflies wrongly identified. Posted 8 years ago

The Panorpa cognata

"Panorpa cognata" is a species of scorpionfly found across the United Kingdom, western Europe and into Russia. These slender, small insects have a forewing length ranging between 10 to 15mm, and are orange-brown in colour, sometimes with black colouration along the posterior margin, the base of the antennae, sometimes the pronotum.

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Similar species: Scorpionflies And Allies

Species identified by Pudding4brains

By Ferdy Christant

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