Identify Craneflies (Tipulomorpha)
seen at The Netherfield Lagoons

Discover more about these species such as habitat, a detailed description, their national distribution and the best time of year to see them (or visit the lagoons to try and find them!). Each species has photographs to help you in identification.

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Marsh Splay
Symplecta stictica

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Hammer-headed Long-palp
Tipula irrorata

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Tabbed Orange Long-palp
Tipula lunata

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Long-bodied Tiger
Nephrotoma scurra

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Single-dot Long-palp
Tipula fulvipennis

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Large Ocelot
Epiphragma ocellare

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Twin-striped Grey Long-palp
Tipula vittata

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Grass Long-palp
Tipula vernalis

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Common Black-legged Mottle
Tipula varipennis

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Meadow White-stripe
Tipula paludosa

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Late Brown Long-palp
Tipula pagana

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Marsh White-stripe
Tipula oleracea

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Long-palped Cranefly
Tipula (Yamatotipula) species

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Common Yam
Tipula (Yamatotipula) lateralis

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White-barred Long-palp
Tipula fascipennis

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U-tailed Mottle
Tipula confusa

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Yellow-snout Sawhorn
Prionocera turcica

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Wing-band Tiger
Nephrotoma quadrifaria

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Bright Dune Tiger
Nephrotoma submaculosa

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Black-haired Tiger
Nephrotoma guestfalica

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Primrose Tiger
Nephrotoma flavescens

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Sharp-tipped Tiger
Nephrotoma cornicina

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Inverted-U Tiger
Nephrotoma appendiculata

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Single-striped Black Hairy-eye
Tricyphona immaculata

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Small Four-spot Crane
Metalimnobia quadrinotata

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Common Yellow Three-dot Limonia
Limonia phragmatidis

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Short-palped Cranefly –
Dicranomyia species

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Milky-winged Crane
Antocha vitripennis

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Ringed Orange Longtail
Phylidorea ferruginea

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Smart Longtail
Euphylidorea dispar

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Short-palped Cranefly
Ormosia species

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Short-palped Cranefly
Molophilus species

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Common Striped Twist-tail
Erioconopa trivialis

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Common Tiger Damsel
Cylindrotoma distinctissima

All photography taken at the Netherfield Lagoons, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire