Anyone want to ID?

[Black Widow88]

One question. What happens if no one gets it? And could you give more clues? Because right now I'm absolutely clueless as to what this cutie is.

It's adorable no?

Black Widow88

 

[LeilaNami]

some kind of grasshopper (orthoptera)?

 

[Black Widow88]

If so then it'll have to be a nymph. Or it could also be a cricket too. Hmmmm.....Certainly could be either one. :wall: Help us please!

Black Widow88

 

[LeilaNami]

maybe Schistocerca nymph?

 

[Ted]

Awww, c'mon Ted... you can keep trying! Don't give up!

ok..well i will admit, for the time being i am terribly stumped.
looks like it could be a dragonfly nymph perhaps..
is it a Chionea nigra?
or mealworm beetle larvae?

 

[Paradox51483]

Its not a snow fly is it?

 

[Ted]

Its not a snow fly is it?

i just asked that!.lol;P

 

[problemchildx]

Don't know the scientific names of these, but it looks like some kind of baby Coreid bug to me.. :?

 

[Waspman]

Found it! Family Tipulidae, genus is Chionea.

Edit: Looking back, it looks like Ted got it before.

 

[thedude]

Found it! Family Tipulidae, genus is Chionea.

Edit: Looking back, it looks like Ted got it before.

duh!.. i odnt know why i didnt see that!

 

[Paradox51483]

i just asked that!.lol;P

Oh yeah...lol. How funny.

 

[Ted]

so..is that the right answer?:razz:

 

[Black Widow88]

Found it! Family Tipulidae, genus is Chionea.

Edit: Looking back, it looks like Ted got it before.

Yes but he was mearly guessing.....So you win if it's the right insect. *Goes to check*

So is that the right answer?

Well after checking Bugguide for the species it would seem to be the right one because I found http://bugguide.net/node/view/42898#40075 Only the species shown on the page is C. valga.

I'll keep looking on bugguide for more info but the page says that it's a wingless species of cranefly!

Black Widow88

 

[lucanidae]

Sweet! You guys got it, I knew you would. I do believe it is C. valga, defintiley that genus. It is not a nymph, it's an adult male. Totally weird right?!?

 

[Black Widow88]

Sweet! You guys got it, I knew you would. I do believe it is C. valga, defintiley that genus. It is not a nymph, it's an adult male. Totally weird right?!?

That is totally weird. I wonder if the females have wings?

Black Widow88

 

[Ted]

do i win a prize?

 

[lucanidae]

Females are wingless. Too cold to get the flight mechanism going. Sorry, no prize... .

 

[Black Widow88]

Females are wingless. Too cold to get the flight mechanism going.

So if both sexes are wingless how do you tell which is male and which is the female? And does any one know why these are also called "snow flies" Do they hang out in snow like snow fleas do?

That should be interesting to know. What other species of wingless flies are there that I'm not aware of. Mind you I'm not aware of any but this one since you guys told me about it.

Sorry no prize.....

What!? We did all this research and we get nothing?! Where's my lawyer?

Black Widow88

 

[Leonidas]

Not a Reduviidae, not even a Hemipteran.

Thanks for the suggestions about bugguide Widow, but I already know what this bug is, just putting it up here for fun and for something different for everyone to see.

It does have all six legs, though in this picture you can only see five clearly.

I'll give you all a clue, it is Holometabolus.....so that knocks out pretty much all the insects guessed already. Also... think about what time of year it is here in Ithaca....

dipteran or hangingflies?

 

[lucanidae]

It's Diptera, family Tipulidae. There are wingless Mecopterans that come out in winter too, but they are much smaller. Both hang out on the snow, and both are called snow flies or snow fleas, along with the winter Collembolans.

Many families of flies are wingless or break off there wings, they tend to be external parasites on mammals birds or bats as adults.

I can tell it's a male because these have external genetalia! Totally weird! The male has big pincers on his back end which unfortunatley you can't see in the picture.