Scorpion Fly - male (was What am I - Quiz)

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:26 pm

Arachnida... some kind of Scorpion?

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:50 pm

ant,wasp or bee part.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:08 pm

Well I am thinking along the same lines as Nikola, a scorpion of some kind, maybe a pseudoscorpion.

Tony T · Post by **Tony T** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:36 pm

OK guys, you are getting close. Somehow try and combine your guesses

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:43 pm

Scorpion fly.

Tony T · Post by **Tony T** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:08 pm

You got it. Neat name, but it's not a Scorpion and it's not a Fly, belongs to the Order: Mecoptera.
This one's a a male, here in all his glory:

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:52 am

A wonderful photo Tony....I wonder why they have such long mouth parts. They are Predacious ?

Tony T · Post by **Tony T** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:59 am

Supposedly feed on dead insects, including those caught in spider webs (but why they themselves don't get trapped is beyond me). Can't see why they would need such long mouthparts; but has to a reason.