Bug FAQTipula dorsimacula
Tipula dorsimacula · Order: Diptera · Family: Tipulidae
Tipula dorsimacula is a large crane fly. It belongs to the family Tipulidae.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Tipula dorsimacula is a large crane fly in the family Tipulidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
It is a large species of crane fly.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 29 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Vermont, Connecticut, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Tipulidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipula_dorsimacula
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.