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Which Ascalaphidae?
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 Male: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Owlfly_Ascalaphidae_by_kadavoor.JPG/195px-Owlfly_Ascalaphidae_by_kadavoor.JPG

URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileShockwlfly_Ascalaphidae_by_kadavoor.JPG

Female: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Owlfly_Ascalaphidae_female_2_by_kadavoor.jpg/180px-Owlfly_Ascalaphidae_female_2_by_kadavoor.jpg

URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileShockwlfly_Ascalaphidae_female_2_by_kadavoor.jpg
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 Nice species! Smile
Sincerely yours
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 Thanks.
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 They are identified as Ascalaphus sinister Walker, 1853, male and female by Joshua R Jones at Texas A&M University. Thanks all.
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Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

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I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

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