phantom crane fly

noun

phantom crane fly

noun

1

Bittacomorpha clavipes

The common "phantom cranefly" may be easily recognized by the black and white banded legs and conspicuously swollen basitarsi.1943 (1966 reprint), Charles P. Alexander, Guide to the Insects of Connecticut Part VI, First Fascicle, page 187

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