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[ 本帖最後由 paulvps 於 2008-11-11 20:34 編輯 ]

I think it's a crane fly, likely to be Tipula oleracea...

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I assume the picture of paulvps was taken in Hong Kong.   If it was the case, the species is unlikely Tipula oleracea which is an American species never reported from Chinese territories before.    The genus may be right though.

Nadia,

It's in Switzerland, and this cranefly exists in Europe too (even if people seem to argue on differentiation with T. paludosa).

http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/tipulinae.htm

[ Last edited by  Ronaldo at 2008-11-14 09:14 ]

Thanks for the interesting and educational cranefly link.

Thanks Ronaldo

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