Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gonia picea...
Posted by javig on 12-03-2008 21:19
#1
Granada, Southern Spain, 1400 m., 9 March 08
Same location as
http://www.dipter...post_52822
Very common, they often come to my Lowpro backpack and suck... I don't know what... sweat?
Thanks!
Posted by Zeegers on 13-03-2008 17:49
#2
Yes, it is the sweat, especially the salts in it.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 13-03-2008 20:13
#3
Would be nice to say
Gonia spp. were comen here in the UK ... I have never caught one :( Theo, would you say they are rarer in the north here?
Posted by Zeegers on 14-03-2008 14:57
#4
They are more common in less occupied regions.
Gonia larvae parasite Noctuidae living on grass roots.
So they are more or less restricted to grasslands on sandy or chalky soils (dunes included). Too much tourism seems to harm them, given my observations in The Netherlands. They prevert the relatively more quiet meadows.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 14-03-2008 22:23
#5
Interesting. I think that must be the case here because they seem to be recorded in more remote areas and I have had a report that a few localities in the south have disappeared - perhaps due to disturbance.