phantom crane fly

English

Noun

phantom crane fly (plural phantom crane flies)

1. Bittacomorpha clavipes
   • 1943 (1966 reprint), Charles P. Alexander, Guide to the Insects of Connecticut Part VI, First Fascicle, page 187:

     The common "phantom cranefly" may be easily recognized by the black and white banded legs and conspicuously swollen basitarsi.