Scorpionfly
Panorpa communis
Scorpionflies
(Panorpidae)
♀, with a long nose.
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A delicate fly with black-marked wings. The rear section is brown black and yellow ringed and for the ♂ ends in a red plier-shaped scorpion-like tail that is held upwards. Its snout is red and long like a bird beak. Larvae live in rotting wood and adults in bushes and flowers. ⇔ l. 14-15 mm syn. Common scorpionfly Its plier shaped tail is used for reproduction, not for pinching. LA: Worldwide there are many PANORPIDAE (Scorpionflies) and all ♂ have the distinctive tail.
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Shape
Colour
Leg
Back
Feeler
Wing
Wing
Striking
10-50 mm
Winged
Six
Smooth
Very long
2 wings
Backward
Slender body
0 LookAlikes (LA):
Scorpionfly
Schorpioenvlieg
Skorpionsfliege
Mouche scorpion
Mosca scorpione
Panorpa communis [L.]
Panorpa communis [L.]
Скорпионница обыкновенная
Panorpa communis [L.]
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