Tipula scripta (Meigen, 1830) 
Crane Flies are difficult to identify unless using an identification key, so great care has to be taken when trying to identify them from photographs. Tipula scripta is a common and wide-ranging species over much of the UK, but there are few recent Nottinghamshire records and it is surely another under-recorded species. This female was photographed at Sherwood Forest CP in 2013.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Tipula scripta 
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Brian Wetton.  

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Updated November 2022
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