Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae?

Posted by Josef Buecker on 23-02-2008 22:37
#1

Posted on 17-02-2008 16:54

Hello Forum,

one more fly from the alder marshland in Hagen (D) 175 m above sea level. This photo I took on August 27th 2007. The plant in the background is Urtica dioica.

Is it Tipula spec.? oleracea?

Best wishes

Josef

Posted by Chen Young on 25-02-2008 20:02
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This female looks like Tipula paludosa based on the wings are shorter than the abdomen. Here is a key for separating T. paludosa and T. orelacea in North America (both are introduced species).