Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae?

Posted by tristram on 22-08-2010 21:59
#1

Photographed in Reading, UK, beside a lake.
The antennae are actually white, but this does not show up well against the white background.

Edited by tristram on 22-08-2010 22:02

Posted by tristram on 22-08-2010 22:00
#2

And from the side:

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 23-08-2010 09:58
#3

Hi Tristram

Yes it is a female Lonchaea of even Setisquamalonchaea. The antennae will not actually be white but are probably covered in a white or silvery dusting which at certain angles and lighting conditions will make them appear white ........ Iain

Posted by tristram on 23-08-2010 12:17
#4

Great! Thanks, Iain.