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Monday 28 September 2015

Tipula sp. - Cyprus

Tipula is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae. They are commonly known as crane flies or daddy longlegs. Worldwide there are well over a thousand species.
All species have very long, fragile legs. The male has a swollen tip to his abdomen, and the female has a pointed ovipositor which is used to push eggs into soil. The larvae of some species are root-feeding and may be called "leatherjackets"..From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

.Photos Geri 19/5/2015 by George Konstantinou



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