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Tipulidae - Nephrotoma sp. (orange)
Frank Koehler	#1 Posted on 23-10-2006 22:38
Member Location: Bornheim / Rheinl. (D) Posts: 280 Joined: 30.09.06	An easy one occasionally - I hope nevertheless. Thanks in advance Frank Germany / Rheinland-Pfalz: Jockgrim, Tongruben, V.2006 Edited by Frank Koehler on 24-10-2006 21:48


Tony Irwin	#2 Posted on 23-10-2006 23:21
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7221 Joined: 19.11.04	Looks like a Nephrotoma female Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


Stephen	#3 Posted on 24-10-2006 01:26
Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05	Wow, I've never seen anything like this! A great find. --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net


Xespok	#4 Posted on 24-10-2006 10:22
Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05	In Central Europe this must be one of the commonest tiger crane fly. At least in Hungary, over 90% of all Nephrotoma sp looked like this one. They are nice, but so far I could not yet put a species name on this, there might be several similar species.


Frank Koehler	#5 Posted on 24-10-2006 15:01
Member Location: Bornheim / Rheinl. (D) Posts: 280 Joined: 30.09.06	Thanks for your comments. I don?t think so, Gabor! The common Nephrotoma species are black and light yellow - see my uploads to the gallery here. This one is orange and the biotop let me hope to have somesthing special (one of the top biotopes for endagered species in this region): http://www.koleop...exk05.html Or, nevertheless, normally? Best regards Frank


Xespok	#6 Posted on 24-10-2006 17:58
Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05	I thought your image shows the same species as this image. My impression is that the head and the abdomen always contain orange colour in this species, but elsewhere this crane fly can show any hue between light yellow to dark orange. There is an other common Nephrotoma species, which is predominantly yellow with some dark markings, I think you mean something like this species. In Hungary this latter species is scarcer.