Preston, Lancashire - Oct 2020 (1 Viewer)

[Deb335077]

Any ideas on this one please

thank you

 

[aeshna5]

Looks like a crane fly minus its wings to me?

 

[mharrow]

I'd say Tipula pagana, females have reduced wings which are quite a distinctive feature shared by only a couple of other species amongst the British Tipulidae

 

[mharrow]

There's an interesting paper about this trait. "EVOLUTION OF WING REDUCTION IN CRANE FLIES
(DIPTERA : TIPULIDAE),
GEORGE W. BYERS"