Crane Fly Collection

Curtis British Entomology Plate 573
Diptera: Geranomyia unicolor (Long-lipped Crane-fly) [Plant: Saxifraga umbrosa (London Pride)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 557
Diptera: Erioptera crassipes = Molophilus obscurus (Short-legged Crane-fly) [Plant: Hedera helix (Common Ivy)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 409
Diptera: Dixa nebulosa (Clouded-winged Crane-fly) [Plant: Ligustrum vulgare (Privet)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 365
Diptera: Leptomorphus walkeri (Southgate Crane-fly) [Plant: ? (Jungermannia epiphylla)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 178
Diptera: Cecidomyia verna = Contarina verna (Curtis): Vernal Crane-fly) [Plant: Galeobdolon luteum (Yellow Archangel)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 138
Diptera: Bibio venosus (Veined Crane-fly) [Plant: Paris quadrifolia (Herb Paris)] Date: 1824-39

Crane Fly in baltic amber
Crane fly Diptera: Tipulidae, trapped in Baltic amber which has broken off its legs in an attempt to escape. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

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