Cranefly - Ptychoptera Contaminata
Taken at Baron's Haugh 25th May 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Cranefly - Ptychoptera Contaminata.
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Ptychoptera contaminata.
Diptera.
Ptychopteridae.
Larval Food:
Adult Food:
Wingspan:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 Decaying organic matter.
Little or nothing at all.

Water margins and marshy areas.
May  - October.
They are called "phantom" crane flies: Their legs are thin and black with white sheaths near the tips, and when they fly under a shady tree, everything disappears except the white spots, appearing and disappearing
like a "phantom".