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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

 

 

 

  Scorpion Fly

 

Thailand

A female Scorpion Fly, that was spotted in Khao Yai NP. The orangey tail end lacks the bulbous sting-like appendix which stand at the origin of this insect's name, and that is present only in males.

 

The wings are clear with thick blackish veins at the base and blackish apexes with a transparent spot at the centre. This flying insect, with the scientific designation Panorpa communis, is in Thai known as malaeng maengpong.

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