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 Bibionidae, Mating, Look like two species!
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| Stephen |
Posted on 25-07-2011 11:30
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
The male and female were so different I had to push them with my finger to see if they were really attached to each other! West Virginia mountains, USA, 23 July 2011, at lights. At the West Virginia Entomological Society annual field meeting, there were only five of us in attendance, but we had a great time! Stephen attached the following image:  [156.14Kb] Edited by Stephen on 25-07-2011 15:56 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| blowave |
Posted on 25-07-2011 13:22
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Stephen, these look like Bibionidae. Maybe change the title. Janet 
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| Stephen |
Posted on 25-07-2011 15:55
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Ooops, thank-you Janet!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 25-07-2011 17:55
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2198 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Typical for Bibionidae, it seems to me. Females are larger but have smaller heads than the males. Probably don't need their eyes anymore.
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-04-2017 15:28
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9845 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Bibio townesi |
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| libor |
Posted on 22-04-2017 17:09
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Member Location: western Bohemia Posts: 1267 Joined: 30.05.09 |
Beautiful! I wish to have some North American species in my collection one time... Libor |
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but don't see the image in the post.