Tipula vernalis (Crane Fly sp.)

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Tipula vernalis has a dark stripe down the abdomen and dark veined partly smoked wings.
The female Tipula vernalis can be easily identified by the very short (blunt) cerci (tip to the abdomen).
Almost all other crane flies have long pointed cerci.

A female. Sarsven en De Banen Nature Reserve, Nederweert, The Netherlands, 12 May 2012

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