Scorpionfly - Panorpa galerita

Slender, reddish brown body. Wings have dark crossbands on wings. Antennae are threadlike and are more than 1/2 as long as its body.

Spotted on the edge of a meadow along a dirt road.

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Lisa will like this as she was looking for them in the east :)
I wonder if some of the identification key shots shared by Arp help out in bringing it to species level:

50Panorpa Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Oh, cool! They are around, at least in the northeast. Thanks for sharing g the tag, I’ll check it out! I’d love to get to species level. Posted 4 years ago
2. Lisa Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  You are totally right, Ferdy! I somehow missed this before! Posted 4 years ago

Pudding4brains

Lion

Should be galerita or mirabilis - by wing markings I would _slightly_ prefer galerita, but by distribution mirabilis would probably be more likely (?!) Anyway, I shouldn't speculate with Nearctic species :-x Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks so much for your input, Arp! I’ll compare to those two species :) Posted 4 years ago