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A pale cranefly ID please
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 Hi,

I have photographed this "cranefly" yesterday on the edge of a forest pond near Paris.
Length about 17mm.
Any idea of its identity?
Thanks for help,

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 A dorsal view of this "cranefly"
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 Limoniidae.
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Jürgen

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 Thank you very much Juergen. Any idea of the genus?

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FRV wrote:
Any idea of the genus?


Sorry, no.
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 Other pictures?
pretty hard to say, it bet much on Phylidorea ferruginea thought
 
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clovis wrote:
Other pictures?
pretty hard to say, it bet much on Phylidorea ferruginea thought


Thank you Clovis.
I have a close view of the cephalic part. I don't know if its helps.

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