What kind of bug is this?

tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
edited October 19, 2006 in Wildlife
I found this interesting bugger on my window. Does anyone know what kind of bug it is?


Thanks

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2006
    Nice shot and I have no idea.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2006
    tlee wrote:
    I found this interesting bugger on my window. Does anyone know what kind of bug it is?


    Thanks

    102678100-L.jpg

    Could it be a type of crane fly?
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2006
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    Mosquito ?

    very cool shot
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  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2006
    Nice shot! thumb.gif
    Looks to be something coming out of a Larva state?
    Maybe a Crane Fly??
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2006
    No ID clue but it's very beautiful.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2006
    Cool shot, I have no idea though. You could try Bug Guide
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2006
    tlee wrote:
    I found this interesting bugger on my window. Does anyone know what kind of bug it is?
    It appears to be a young, female scorpionfly or a cranefly.
    David
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    Thanks to everyone for the comments and suggestions. Special thanks to Nick for the bug guide link (great site, I'll use it often!).

    The bug is a male (furry antennae) Chronomid.
    A.K.A. : Midge; Non-biting midge (nice to know :D) ;
    Blind mosquitoe.

    Thanks again!
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  • JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2006
    Male, probably diptera
    See those big feathery antennae? In most insects those are for finding females by scent, meaning this is probably a male...

    It's hard to tell from underneath, but it appears to only have one pair of wings and "halteres" (those yellow knobs), which would make it a true fly (diptera).

    That's about as far as I can go.
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