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 Limoniidae?
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 17-02-2008 10:34
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 Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Hello Forum, flies in copula from the alder marshland in Hagen (D) 175 m above sea level. This photo I took on Oktober 1st 2007. The plant in the background is Salix caprea. May be it is Limonia spec.? Is a closer determination possible? Best wishes Josef |
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 17-02-2008 10:40
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Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Dont know, why so.
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 17-02-2008 17:48
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Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Heeeeeelllllloooo?!? Is there nobody familiar with sort of midges? Or ist it simply too difficult to make a determination only by picture? I looked around the internet. Now my opinion is: Limonia nubeculosa MEIGEN What do you think? Josef |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 17-02-2008 18:17
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
What is the size of this crane fly? I do not think it is Limonia nubeculosa, and it may not even be a Limoniid crane fly. The image for me is too small and not focused enough to recognize the family. Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 17-02-2008 19:10
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Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Hello Yespok, I think, the leaf lamina of the Salix caprea was around 8 cm long. So, the body-lenght of one "crane fly" should be around 2 cm. Josef |
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| Chen Young |
Posted on 18-02-2008 20:00
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 Member Location: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA USA Posts: 169 Joined: 25.08.05 |
This mating pair is in the family Tipulidae. They are in the genus Tipula, either subgenus Savtshenkia , or subgenus Pterelachisus . Difficult to tell based on the image alone. |
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