Bittacomorpha clavipes
Bittacomorpha clavipes, known as the phantom crane fly (though this name can also apply to any member of Ptychopteridae), is a species of fly in the family Ptychopteridae. It is found in the eastern United States west to the Rocky Mountains.
| Bittacomorpha clavipes | |
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| Bittacomorpha clavipes at rest. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ptychopteridae |
| Genus: | Bittacomorpha |
| Species: | B. clavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Bittacomorpha clavipes (Fabricius, 1781) | |
It flies upright with its legs spread apart. Females lay hundreds of eggs by dipping their abdomen in the water.[1]
References
- Stephen Welton Taber; Scott B. Fleenor (2005). Invertebrates of Central Texas Wetlands. Texas Tech University Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-0-89672-550-8.
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