Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibio venosus ♂

Posted by eklans on 16-05-2021 17:54
#1

Heureka! I'm sure I've found the male Bibio venosus today - 20 m from the female of 10.05.21.

It's in the Frankenhoehe Nature Park, old deciduous forest, on Urtica dioica.

Greetings, Eric

Posted by eklans on 16-05-2021 17:55
#2

and the lateral view showing the long tibia I

Posted by eklans on 19-05-2021 13:14
#3

3rd image showing some details, white hair, flagellum 8 segments, long tibiae... (since today the 7th Bibio species in my garden).

Edited by eklans on 19-05-2021 13:16

Posted by Zeegers on 19-05-2021 18:48
#4

Yes, you did !!

In a forest ?

Theo

Posted by eklans on 19-05-2021 19:16
#5

Yes, it's an old forest with beech, oak, hornbeam and many others + dead and decaying wood (close to my garden). And the Bibio are mostly on the low vegetation in the same area. Until now:
johannis, lanigerus, marci, reticulatus, varipes, venosus (+ later clavipes).

Edited by eklans on 19-05-2021 19:18

Posted by Zeegers on 19-05-2021 22:30
#6

Venosus, and also reticulatus, are typical for deciduous forests.
So that figures !

Theo