Tipula confusa Crane Flies Tipula confusa

Tipula confusa cranefly
Tipula confusa cranefly
Tipula confusa Crane Flies are native throughout Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa. They are smaller than many Tipula species. Attracted to light, they are often on house walls and windows.
Tipula confusa cranefly
Tipula confusa cranefly
Tipula confusa Crane Flies have an attractive, "stained-glass-window" pattern on their wings and a striped thorax.
Tipula confusa cranefly
Tipula confusa cranefly
Tipula confusa cranefly
They are well-named since they can easily be confused both with some other Tipula species which look similar and also with the smaller Limonia nebeculosa crane flies; Limonia species rest with their wings folded together over their back like T. confusa but unlike most other Tipula species.
Tipula confusa cranefly
Tipula confusa craneflies
Tipula confusa craneflies coupled
T. confusa has a dark, annulated leg patch before its knees, whereas L. nebeculosa has 3 annulated leg marks as well as different veining and pattern on the wings.
Tipula confusa cranefly The stained glass window.
Tipula confusa cranefly The long legs.
Tipula confusa craneflies coupled Pair coupled.