Common Scorpion Flies (39 NA spp; 11 MN spp) are the most familiar members
of the order. Species of Panorpa
are orange-bodied with an elongate beak, and their wings are mottled with
dark brown markings. Males have a bulbous terminal genital capsule. Both
soil-inhabiting larvae and adults feed upon dead insects. Three species
of Panorpa (helena, banksi, subfurcata) have been collected
in woodlands at Cedar Creek.
