Thread subject: Diptera.info :: => Metalimnobia quadrimaculata (Limoniidae)

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 09-05-2010 16:19
#1
Hello,
today I found several of such very large Tipulidae sitting on the sun side of tree trunks.
Can somebody identify the species? Tipula irregularis from the gallery looks most similar except the legs.
Photos were taken today in Germany, Saxony, 400msn.
Thank you,
Greetings Marion
Edited by Marion Friedrich on 21-01-2013 23:04

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 09-05-2010 16:22
#2
2nd picture

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 20-01-2013 00:31
#3
Is it a Tipula?
Marion

Posted by nielsyese on 21-01-2013 18:53
#4
It is Metalimnobia quadrimaculata (Limoniidae).

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 21-01-2013 23:02
#5
Hello Niels-Jan,
thank you very much for ID. :)
Best wishes, Marion