cat: Panorpa comuna, mosca escorpí; esp: Panorpa común, mosca escorpión; eng: Common scorpionfly
St Feliu de Codines-Catalonia-Spain
Long: 18 mm
phylum: Arthropoda > (Unirramia) > Hexapoda > class: Insecta > (Pterygota) > (Neoptera) > Endopterygota > order: Mecoptera > family: Panorpidae
The male has a pair of claspers at the end of its tail (for holding the female during mating), giving it a scorpion-like appearance, although it is not a stinger. Its head, mounted with large eyes, is drawn into a prominent, downward pointing beak (rostrum), which opens at the tip of its head.
