Single-dot Long-palp Tipula fulvipennis

This very large cranefly in my garden moth trap was very distinctive and I immediately knew it was a species I had not identified before. Its identification proved to be very straightforward.

female Single-dot Long-palp Tipula fulvipennis, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 21st September 2024

This one was in my moth trap the following night but given the same configuration of three legs and identical wing pattern I'm pretty sure it was the previous night's individual retrapped.

probably the same female Single-dot Long-palp Tipula fulvipennis, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 22nd September 2024

It wasn't long before I found my next.

female Single-dot Long-palp Tipula fulvipennis, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 24th September 2024