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Broad-winged Mottled Longneck Limnophila schranki


There were at least two of these quite distinctive craneflies moving between a long-standing puddle and a moss-covered fallen log (or wooden board?) in alder carr woodland. The femora coloration rules out the other British Limnophia (i.e. pictipennis) but I also checked the genitalia to eliminate arnoudi which could occur here.

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male Broad-winged Mottled Longneck Limnophila schranki showing wing, styles and tergite 9, Dillington Carr (Norfolk, UK), 11th April 2022