species 7,017 observations

Giant Crane Fly

Tipula abdominalis

Field notes

Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae. T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota.

Read more on Wikipedia

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided