About Panorpa cognata Rambur, 1842
Panorpa cognata Rambur, 1842 is a slender small scorpionfly species with a fore-wing length of 10 to 15 millimeters. Its body is overall orange-brown, with black colouration that sometimes appears along the posterior wing margin, at the base of the antennae, and occasionally on the pronotum. Males have an oval-shaped genital bulb that resembles a scorpion's stinger, matching the common name for this insect group. The occiput, the back portion of this species' head, is reddish, while the occiput of all other Panorpa species is usually black. Its wings are membranous and marked with black patterns. The abdomen has black and yellow stripes, and ends in an orange extremity. In males, the sixth abdominal segment is square-shaped, and their abdominal appendages are divergent. This species is distributed across the British Isles, though it does not occur in Ireland; its range extends through western Europe into Russia and Northern Asia, excluding China. It typically inhabits hedges and woodlands.
