Scorpion
Flies Information
http://www.earthlife.net/insects/mecop.html
Panorpa communis (Linnaeus, 1758)
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/mecoptera.htm
does not match the abdomen
colour exactly. Are the sexes different colours?
Checklist of UK Recorded Panorpidae
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Panorpa cognata Rambur, 1842
Panorpa communis Linnaeus
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus
Peyerimhoffina gracilis
(Schneider, 1851)
http://www.mapmate.co.uk/checklist/panorpidae.htm
References
FRASER, FC 1959. Mecoptera,
Megaloptera, Neuroptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects
Vol 1 parts 12 & 13. Royal Entomological Society of London.
HICKIN NORMAN E 1971 The
Natural History of an English Forest. Hutchinson
PLANT, COLIN W 1997 A key
to the adults of British Lacewings and their allies (Neuroptera, Megaloptera,
Raphidioptera and Mecoptera. Field Studies 9, 179-269. (Also published
separately as an AIDGAP key by Field Studies Council)