Posted by Alvesgaspar on 18-03-2008 18:54
#1
This one is not to identify (I think it is a female
Panorpa meridionalis), just to share the picture with you. The stout beak looks scarying but I think they only feed on nectar, rotteh fruit and dead animal matter... Found in Porto Covo, west coast of Portugal (spring is here!).
Joaquim Gaspar
Edited by Alvesgaspar on 18-03-2008 18:58
Posted by cthirion on 21-03-2008 13:45
#3
Help!
http://www.insecte.org/forum/cle-simplifiee-et-synthese-sur-les-panorpes-males-vt28338.html;)
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 24-03-2008 01:20
#4
Thank you, chtrion. It is P. meridionalis indeed!