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Small Bibionid?
Juergen Peters
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Posted on 14-05-2007 19:33
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Hello!

This only 5-6 mm small fly I found yesterday near the forest (Ostwestfalen/Germany). It reminds me of a male Bibionid (especially the abdomen), but somehow doesn't look like the other ones I know.

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/070513/Bibionidae_spp_6mm_M1.jpg

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/070513/Bibionidae_spp_6mm_M2.jpg
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I think it is a Dilophus febrilis.
 
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jalbala wrote:
I think it is a Dilophus febrilis.


Thanks! That species I normally find later in summer.
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Dilophus febrilis has two distinct generations yearly: early spring and late summer.


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Hello, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
Dilophus febrilis has two distinct generations yearly: early spring and late summer.


Yes, I had read that, but up to now I nearly exclusively had found this species in summer. The spring generation seems to be much rarer here.
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Dilophus febrilis is actually very common on blossom of Prunus padus.
SO, end of april - early may


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