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Moths3 bugs, three views
The first two are of course the same bug (?)….on my backdoor screen in Skokie, Illinois this past summer. It stayed for hours letting me shoot it and i didn’t notice the stingers until i’d gotten the photos up on the computer (scary). The second bug (fly?) was on my window so this is the bottom of him. Do you know what they are?
Renee Rendler-Kapla
Hi Renee,
The insect represented by two photos is a Plume Moth in the family Pterophoridae. Based on images posted to BugGuide, we believe it to be Himmelman’s Plume Moth, Geina tenuidactyla. The stingers are harmless. Your other insect is some species of Crane Fly.
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