A Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/6/2015).
A Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/6/2015).
A Giant Crane Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2015).
A Giant Crane Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2015).
A Giant Crane Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/23/2016). Verified by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide.
A Giant Crane Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (9/15/2016). Determined by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers/BugGuide.
A Giant Crane Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (9/15/2016). Determined by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers/BugGuide.
A Giant Crane Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/15/2015). Confirmed by Will Chatfield-Taylor/BugGuide.
A female Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/29/2014). Determined by John F. Carr/BugGuide.
A female Giant Crane Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/27/2016). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide.
Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/29/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/26/2019). (c) Kate Bullock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/26/2019). (c) Kate Bullock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Giant Crane Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (9/23/2017).
A female Giant Crane Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/9/2015). Determined by Bob Biagi and John S. Ascher via BugGuide.
A Giant Crane Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/7/2016). Verified by John F. Carr/BugGuide.
Giant Crane Fly in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/22/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Crane Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/27/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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44 Records
Status
Found in the eastern U.S., where it flies from May to October (BugGuide, 2015).
Description
"Large size coupled with black velvety patches on thorax is diagnostic feature" (BugGuide, 2015).
Seasonality Snapshot
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A Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/6/2015).
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Steve Scholnick.
A Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/6/2015).
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Steve Scholnick.
A Giant Crane Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2015).
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Richard Orr.
A Giant Crane Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2015).
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Richard Orr.
A Giant Crane Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/23/2016). Verified by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Giant Crane Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (9/15/2016). Determined by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers/BugGuide.
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Richard Crook.
A Giant Crane Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (9/15/2016). Determined by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers/BugGuide.
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Richard Crook.
A Giant Crane Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/15/2015). Confirmed by Will Chatfield-Taylor/BugGuide.
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Tyler Bell.
A female Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/29/2014). Determined by John F. Carr/BugGuide.
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Don Watley.
A female Giant Crane Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/27/2016). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide.
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Emily Stanley.
Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/29/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.
Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/26/2019). (c) Kate Bullock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Kate Bullock via iNaturalist.
Giant Crane Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/26/2019). (c) Kate Bullock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Kate Bullock via iNaturalist.
A Giant Crane Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (9/23/2017).
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Dave Webb.
A female Giant Crane Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/9/2015). Determined by Bob Biagi and John S. Ascher via BugGuide.
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Lynn Strauss.
A Giant Crane Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/7/2016). Verified by John F. Carr/BugGuide.
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Lynn Strauss.
Giant Crane Fly in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/22/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Matthew Beziat.
Giant Crane Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/27/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Tipula abdominalis | |
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| Tipula abdominalis in Guilford Township, Ohio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tipulidae |
| Genus: | Tipula |
| Species: | T. abdominalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tipula abdominalis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae.[1][2][3][4] T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tipula abdominalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Cook, DM; DeCrescenzo Henriksen, E; Upchurch, R; Peterson, JB (September 2007). "Isolation of polymer-degrading bacteria and characterization of the hindgut bacterial community from the detritus-feeding larvae of Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae)". Applied and environmental microbiology. 73 (17): 5683–6. doi:10.1128/AEM.00213-07. PMC 2042085. PMID 17630316.
External links
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