Tipula sp.

 
scale in cms

CLASS - Insecta
ORDER - Diptera
FAMILY - Tipulidae
GENUS/SPECIES - Tipula sp.

ROCK UNIT - Florissant Beds

AGE - Miocene Epoch (about 15 million years old)

LOCALITY - Florissant, Colorado, USA


Craneflies are large mosquito-like flies that have only one pair of large wings (front pair). The back wings are modified into specialized organs for stability during flight.

PRI 42415


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