Orange Crane Fly - Tipula sp.
Family Tipulidae
This page contains pictures and information about Orange Crane Flies that we found
in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 15mm
- The Orange Crane Fly is bright orange in colour with black stripe along the
abdomen.
- We usually found them in group resting on leaves or grasses.
- They are common in Brisbane bushes.
- Reference:
- 1. The Crane Flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania - Chen W. Young, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 2008
- 2. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p741.
