New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-50710 Grey cranefly (Leptotarsus zeylandiae) a recently emerged female with greatly reduced wings and robust legs, walks amongst alpine fjelfield vegetation and rock. Females typically emerge to mate late in the afternoon, then lay their eggs and die a few hours later. The winged males fly in mist and drizzle. Sinbad Gully, Fiordland *

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11005-50710 Grey cranefly (Leptotarsus zeylandiae) a recently emerged female with greatly reduced wings and robust legs, walks amongst alpine fjelfield vegetation and rock. Females typically emerge to mate late in the afternoon, then lay their eggs and die a few hours later. The winged males fly in mist and drizzle. Sinbad Gully, Fiordland *

Wingless crane fly alpine matua waeroa brachyptery semiapterous