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Hi,

Can anyone assist with suggestions towards an Id for this Cranefly please ?

The pictures were taken in my garden Surrey Southern England yesterday 25th May 2007 - She was ovipositing in the debris at the bottom of a rot hole in my apple tree aproximately 1.5M above ground. The fly was larger than most craneflies I see at approx 25 -30mm in length.

Any assistance would be appreciated.


Regards Chas

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This is a female crane fly in the genus Ctenophora. Larvae of this genus live in decaying wood of recently dead deciduous hardwood trees, often in prostrate trunks that are fairly sound