Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae - Nephrotoma sp. (orange)
Posted by Frank Koehler on 23-10-2006 22:38
#1
An easy one occasionally - I hope nevertheless.
Thanks in advance
Frank
Germany / Rheinland-Pfalz: Jockgrim, Tongruben, V.2006
Edited by Frank Koehler on 24-10-2006 21:48
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2006 23:21
#2
Looks like a
Nephrotoma female
Posted by Stephen on 24-10-2006 01:26
#3
Wow, I've never seen anything like this! A great find.
Posted by Xespok on 24-10-2006 10:22
#4
In Central Europe this must be one of the commonest tiger crane fly. At least in Hungary, over 90% of all Nephrotoma sp looked like this one. They are nice, but so far I could not yet put a species name on this, there might be several similar species.
Posted by Frank Koehler on 24-10-2006 15:01
#5
Thanks for your comments. I don?t think so, Gabor! The common Nephrotoma species are black and light yellow - see my uploads to the gallery here. This one is orange and the biotop let me hope to have somesthing special (one of the top biotopes for endagered species in this region):
http://www.koleop...exk05.html Or, nevertheless, normally? Best regards Frank
Posted by Xespok on 24-10-2006 17:58
#6
I thought your image shows the same species as
this image.
My impression is that the head and the abdomen always contain orange colour in this species, but elsewhere this crane fly can show any hue between light yellow to dark orange.
There is an other common Nephrotoma species, which is predominantly yellow with some dark markings, I think you mean something like
this species.
In Hungary this latter species is scarcer.