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Is this a local insect? The monster below got into my house today (west of Paris, France). It is about 3 cm (1.2 inches) long. ![enter image description here]( ![enter image description here]( ![enter image description here]( I have no idea if this is a local insect that I would then let free, or some invasive species I will kill (we have from time to time alerts about invasive insect species (especially mosquitoes) that put in danger the local ones)

I have no expertise in (French) insects, but this looks like it might be a crane fly (family: Tipulidae) in the genus _Ctenophora_). The larvae of these flies feed on decaying wood, so a lack of (partially) dead trees or other dead wood in your vicinity would suggest this is not correct.

The hunched-back with long legs are suggestive of the crane-fly family and the V-shaped groove on the back more-or-less connecting the wing-bases is (according to the wikipedia article) characteristic of this family.

In particular, this looks quite similar to many pictures online of the Cone-horn cranefly ( _Ctenophora pectinicornis_ ), which is found in your area

![Ctenophora pectinicornis]( Image by Margaret McLoughlin.

My understanding is that the simple antennae indicate that this is a female — males have feathery antennae.

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