That is a Trichocera species Winter Crane Fly of the Family Trichoceridae. >From Insects of the North Woods by U of MN Extension Entomologist Jeff Hahn >(published by Kollath-Stensaas Publishing as a matter of fact!) "Mild days in early winter is when you may spy a winter crane fly..."
Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell [email protected] www.SparkyPhotos.comwww.ThePhotoNaturalist.comwww.Birdnation.org www.StoneRidgePress.com www.KollathStensaas.com > Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:49:41 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [mou-net] off subject, entomologist needed! > To: [email protected] > > I need an entomologist! Today (30 December 2010), our second day above > freezing (40 degrees F), I was surprised to see two dozen small, blackish > "bugs" flying about the side of the house and landing on the ice dam along > the edge of the roof. I just posted photos on my blog: > http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com > > Does anybody know the identity of these hardy arthropods? They must be > short-lived, as more typical Minnesota weather is quickly approaching... > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Northfield, Minnesota > http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum > http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika > [email protected] > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" > "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
