Tipulidae or Limoniidae (family)

1 Unidentified Crane Fly at Mittagong

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Identification history

Tipulidae or Limoniidae (family)	9 Jan 2025	MichaelMulvaney
Tipulidae or Limoniidae (family)	1 May 2021	MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified	23 Apr 2021	gibgate2021

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Weird bug

4 comments

gibgate2021 wrote:

23 Apr 2021

Lol

Margot wrote:

23 Apr 2021

Certainly is a weird bug! Not sure what exact species it is, but I'd say it is in the Crane Fly family

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/crane-flies/

gibgate2021 wrote:

30 Apr 2021

thank you we will definitely look into that

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

1 May 2021

See:
Hebeloma sp.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.428351 -34.453825
Maps Mittagong Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Mittagong, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
23 Apr 2021 12:44 PM Recorded on
gibgate2021 Recorded by
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gibgate2021 NatureMapr Southern Highlands Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Species information

Tipulidae or Limoniidae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified Crane Fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 745.4m Recorded at altitude
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