Macro Photo Of A Scorpion Fly. Mecoptera (from the Greek: meco= long, ptera = wings) are an order of insects with about 550 species in nine families worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals that look similar to the stinger of a scorpion.
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