genus

Bittacus

Field notes

Bittacus is a genus of hangingflies in the order Mecoptera. Members of the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution. The genus has existed since at least the earliest Late Cretaceous. Bittacus is considered "grossly paraphyletic" and serves as a catch-all for many distantly related species of hangingflies.

Children

Thin Hangingfly presumed native
Bittacus chlorostigma native
Bittacus pilicornis presumed native
Brown Spotted Hanging-fly presumed native
Bittacus texanus presumed native
Bittacus occidentis presumed native
Say's Hanging-fly presumed native

Range

United States

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

Most observed native Bittacus All

Native to the US, by observations.

Bittacus chlorostigma 335 observations