Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipula sp.?

Posted by evdebs on 03-06-2021 20:51
#1

Not sure whether there's enough in these photos to ID this cranefly beyond genus, but I'm wondering if this might be a male Tipula oleracea? Seen on 26/05/2021 in the margin of a commercial strawberry field in Kent, UK.

Many thanks,
Dylan

Posted by evdebs on 03-06-2021 20:51
#2

Second photo, with head and thorax in focus this time.